Iron Age Celtic Bronze Strap Distributor with Animal Head

The longer iron handle with twisted body, the tongue plates roughly rectangular with waisted sides. 822 grams, 98.5 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

Each conical in shape and pierced for attachment, three with near complete or fragmentary remains of sheet-silver cladding displaying repoussé crosses, linear bands and concentric roundels, together with a plain example; one ceramic boss without cladding displaying similar motifs in the clay. 55 grams total, 36-40 mm



Acquired on the German art market around 2000. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Of type CE16, with two opposed crescent moons between two bars and a ball at each point (similar to motif on numerous silver coins of the Iceni, cf. ABC 1657-81). 14.2 grams, 28 mm



Found Litcham, Norfolk, UK. Ex Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s. Collection number CE16. 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.