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LOT 1614
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Proto-Ring Money Collection
CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1/2 - 7/8 in. (100 grams total, 14-23 mm).
A bronze 'proto-money' or harness ring group comprising round-section rings. [40, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an English collection formed before 2000.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 14.12, for type.
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Iron Age Celtic Bronze Moustache Type Dagger Pommel
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a swollen body tapering towards the pointed terminals; the centre of the body with a circumferential recess; decorated with alternating ridges and grooves. 19.8 grams, 39 mm
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This type of pommel is called a 'moustache pommel', so named because of its shape, a sort of comedic, droopy moustache. -
Celtic Bronze Statuette of a Duck
Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Modelled in the round with splayed legs, scooped beak, T-shaped tail with serrated edge and loop to the back; mounted on a custom-made stand. 52 grams total, duck: 43 mm high
Ex Cambridge, UK, collection, 1990-2010. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Proto-Ring Money Collection
Circa 3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A 'proto-money' or harness ring group comprising round-section rings, some with butt-joints, radiating lobes and other features. 25.9 grams total, 22-31 mm
From an English collection formed before 2000. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
From the 3rd to 2nd Century B.C. and even before, Celtic rings in bronze were often used as a medium of exchange, before the actual issue of coinage in the area. The first attestation of rings as proto-money came from the Celtic Moesia, before the Roman conquest.
