IRON AGE CELTIC LA TèNE BOW BROOCH 4th-3rd century BC A small silver bow brooch of La Tène I type with coiled spring, broad gussetted bow, returned foot with 'thistle' detailing. 6.60 grams, 41mm (1 3/4"). [No Reserve] Condition Very fine condition. Rare. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number E100; formerly in the Don Lee collection. Literature Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 2. 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.
IRON AGE CELTIC LA TèNE BOW BROOCH 4th-3rd century BC A small silver bow brooch of La Tène I type with coiled spring, broad gussetted bow, returned foot with 'thistle' detailing. 6.60 grams, 41mm (1 3/4"). [No Reserve] Condition Very fine condition. Rare. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number E100; formerly in the Don Lee collection. Literature Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 2. 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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