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LOT 1162
Iron Age Celtic Lead 'Wheel Money' Group
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 1 in. (16.6 grams total, 15-24 mm).
Three Eastern Celtic or Gaulish cast wheels; two with eight-knops and one four-spoked type. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Ex the late Walter Steinberg collection, London, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2014.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
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Iron Age British Catuvellauni Bronze Celtic Strap Junction
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Decorated with two opposed crescent moons (found frequently on the early gold coins of the Catuvellauni, e.g. ABC 2442, 2445, 2508, 2511, 2514, 2550-74). 21 grams, 33 mm
Found Buckinghamshire, UK. Ex Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s. Collection number CE18. 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. -
Iron Age Bronze Iberian Fibula
Circa 6th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Small Iberian type with broad coiled spring, lateral flange for the catch, bulbous extension to the footplate 6.74 grams, 34 mm
From a private collection formed in the 1990s. Ex property of a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of an East Sussex, UK, private collector. -
Iron Age British Celtic Bronze Decorated Ring-Headed Pin
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £109
With tapering shank and integral ring with bulb finial; shank pierced below the junction with the bulb. 16 grams, 87 mm
Found Norfolk, Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
