ROMAN OMEGA BROOCH 3rd-4th century AD A tiered lozenge-section penannular brooch with returned trumpet terminals, round-section spike pin. 39 grams, 51mm (2"). [No Reserve] Condition Extremely fine condition. Scarce. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number Pe12; formerly in the Don Lee collection. Literature Cf. Mackreth, D.F. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, item 3554 and discussion in vol.1 p. 214. 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 OMEGA BROOCH 3rd-4th century AD A tiered lozenge-section penannular brooch with returned trumpet terminals, round-section spike pin. 39 grams, 51mm (2"). [No Reserve] Condition Extremely fine condition. Scarce. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number Pe12; formerly in the Don Lee collection. Literature Cf. Mackreth, D.F. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, item 3554 and discussion in vol.1 p. 214. 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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