ROMAN LOZENGE BROOCH 2nd century AD A tinned bronze plate brooch, lozengiform with vertical median line, split lobed ends, central recess with inset bronze bead; hinged pin and catch to the reverse. 3.02 grams, 32mm (1 1/4"). [No Reserve] Condition Very fine condition. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number L13; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. Literature Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 508. 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.
ROMAN LOZENGE BROOCH 2nd century AD A tinned bronze plate brooch, lozengiform with vertical median line, split lobed ends, central recess with inset bronze bead; hinged pin and catch to the reverse. 3.02 grams, 32mm (1 1/4"). [No Reserve] Condition Very fine condition. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number L13; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. Literature Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 508. 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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