Iron Age Celtic Bronze Bust of a Bound Captive

Round-section hoop with three radiating animal-heads, discoid stud with quincunx of ring-and-dot motifs. 159 grams, 44 mm



Found near Great Chesterford, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2000s.

The upper face slightly domed, attachment peg to the reverse; the face with grid of champlevé enamel in red and yellow. 17.2 grams, 31 mm



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.

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.

Composed of a penannular hoop with convex outer face, terminals formed as stylised snake heads, with incised eye and scale detailing to the terminals and shoulders. 18.4 grams, 57 mm



Acquired on the EU art market around 2000. From the collection of a North American gentleman.