BRONZE AGE EUROPEAN DECORATED HAMMERHEAD 12th-8th century BC A Late Bronze Age bronze socketted hammerhead with collar to the mouth, raised ring-and-dot motif to the lower end on each face and above this a heart-shaped bilinear motif with three pellets; the hammer-face slightly convex, casting seams to the long edges. 75 grams, 66 mm (2 1/2"). Condition Very fine condition. Rare. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number BA20; ex TimeLine sale 1st November 2013 lot 1461; previously acquired on the UK art market before 1980. 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.
BRONZE AGE EUROPEAN DECORATED HAMMERHEAD 12th-8th century BC A Late Bronze Age bronze socketted hammerhead with collar to the mouth, raised ring-and-dot motif to the lower end on each face and above this a heart-shaped bilinear motif with three pellets; the hammer-face slightly convex, casting seams to the long edges. 75 grams, 66 mm (2 1/2"). Condition Very fine condition. Rare. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number BA20; ex TimeLine sale 1st November 2013 lot 1461; previously acquired on the UK art market before 1980. 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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