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LOT 1279
Iron Age British Celtic Brigantes Bronze Chequered Mount
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (17.2 grams, 31 mm).
The upper face slightly domed, attachment peg to the reverse; the face with grid of champlevé enamel in red and yellow. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Scarborough, Yorkshire, UK, recorded with York Museum.
Formerly in an old Hampshire collection.
Ex Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s.
Collection number CE24.
Accompanied by a Chris Rudd information card.
Published
Treasure Hunting, July 2014, p.34 (this mount); also Hammond, B., Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Third Edition, Witham, 2014, p.103, No.I09-0215 (this mount).
Footnotes
Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1279
Iron Age British Celtic Brigantes Bronze Chequered Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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