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Los 333
11th century AD. A bronze stirrup mount of Class A Type 1, with high-relief Ringerike style tendril design, three holes to accept fixing rivets, ledge to the reverse. Cf. Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 27. 28 grams, 50mm (2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s; found Humberside, UK. Very fine condition.
Los 334
11th century AD. A bronze stirrup mount with bear's head mask modelled in the half-round, shallow rear ledge with two attachment holes; William's Group 10, type 4. Cf. Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 460. 29 grams, 41mm (2 3/4"). From an old North Country collection; formed between 1970-2000. Very fine condition.
Los 336
9th-11th century AD. A bronze mount, possibly from a helmet, with domed and curved plaque, herringbone detailing, beast-head modelled in the round with mane and scroll finial, lappet from chin to chest forming a loop; pierced at the lower edge for attachment. 7.28 grams, 29mm (1 1/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s; found Humberside, UK. Very fine condition. Extremely rare.
Los 337
6th century AD. A flat-section bronze appliqué of a bird of prey with trapezoidal tail, curved beak connected to the talons; two lugs to the reverse. Cf. Nice, A. Revue Archéologique de Picardie: La Nécropole Mérovingienne de Goudelancourt-lès-Pierrepont (Aisne), Senlis, 2008, item 249 for a similar purse-mount. 8.39 grams, 48mm (2"). From an old North Country collection; formed between 1970-2000; found near Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK. Fine condition.
Los 341
10th-11th century AD. A bronze punch die formed as a sturdy column with raised facial features on one end and a spread and flattened surface at the other; the face D-shaped with one elliptical and one circular eye, U-shaped nose, elliptical mouth and radiating lines for the beard and hair. Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010 p.14. 46 grams, 31mm (1 1/4"). Property of a Dutch collector; acquired from TimeLine Originals, in 2011; found 'Ainsbrook', UK. The die, bearing a positive impression, may have been used to decorate thin metal sheets. The item was found with the Ainsbrook Hoard, a collection of mainly 10th century metalwork probably part of the stock of a Viking merchant with links to both Scandinavia and Ireland. The face may represent the god Þórr (Thor) who was the patron of farmers, artisans and traders and was usually represented as a powerful male with a prominent beard. Fine condition. Extremely rare.
Los 342
6th-7th century AD. A bronze buckle with plaque comprising: a D-section loop with radiating segmentation; a tapering D-section tongue with tip curved over the loop; rectangular plaque with cloisonné garnets in concentric rings and panels. Cf. Heynoswki, R. Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Gürtel, Munich, 2017, item 8.4 for type. 54 grams, 77mm (3"). Property of a European gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s. Fair condition; some cloisons absent.
Los 343
11th-12th century AD. A bronze openwork roundel with equal-armed cross to the centre decorated to both sides with dot pattern to body of cross, recess to the centre for inlay; projections to each arm with smaller roundel with equal-armed cross; circular border with double row of dot motif. 29 grams, 46mm (1 3/4"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent. Extremely fine condition.
Los 344
9th-10th century AD. A knife with single-edged swept blade, bronze handle with low-relief Jellinge Style interlaced ornament to sides and end-cap. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate XII, item 9, plate X, item 22. 81 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Property of a professional collector; acquired before 1990. [No Reserve] Fine condition. Professionally cleaned and conserved.
Los 377
3rd-5th century AD. A bronze mount of a standing male and a female, each with one hand extending across the body touching each other's genitals; hollow to the reverse. For the gesture and design see Oldtidens Ansigt, Det kongelige Nordiske Oldskiftselska og Jysk Arkaeologist Selskab, 1990, p.134, 138. 10 grams, 45mm (1 3/4"). Property of a European collector; acquired before 2000. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. A parallel to the style and pose of this 'couple' can be seen on several small bronzes inspired by Roman statuettes representing gods. However, similar bronze statues were already known in Scandinavia since the Bronze Age and were most likely of a ritual significance. The specific crossed hand on a chest is a puzzling symbol, possibly symbolising a gesture of a specific god, ritual act or blessing. Another similarity can be observed on rock art in Scandinavia, especially the image of a 'divine couple', a strong motif known from the late Iron Age depicted on many golden sheets called guldgubbers. Several scholars argue that this image represents the marriage of god Frey and giantess Gerd; however, it may also represent a union of Freyr with his sister Freya. From later sources, it is known that the Vanir, an ancient race of gods, had a custom to marry or have intercourse with their siblings. Njord, the father of Freyr and Freya, was from this tribe, and sources suggest that they were conceived with his sister-wife. She might have been the mysterious Suebi goddess Nerthus, which Roman historian Tacitus wrote about in Germania. Her statue was kept in a sacred grove on an unknown island, drawn in a holy cart and only priests could touch her. Everywhere the goddess came she was met with celebration of peace and hospitality. After she returned to the temple, everything was washed by slaves, who were drowned short after. Her connection with fertility, peace, and water, definitely points to the Vanir race; and she shares several similarities with the later worshipping of Frey. This mount probably represents either Njord and Nerthus, or Freyr and Freya, and may had been used as a votive offering or worn as an amulet to invoke the fertile powers of those gods. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Very fine condition.
Los 407
11th-12th century AD. A Castillian or Norman bronze chalice comprising a bell-shaped foot columnar stand and broad bowl; the foot with carinated median band; the bowl wit crimped everted rim and petal detailing; the stem with volute scrolls above a frieze of figures modelled in the round of two horsemen, each with a spear holding the horse's reins at the cheek, two robed figures advancing with the left arm extended to the front and the right arm to the rear. See Toman, R. Romanesque Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Cologne, 1997 for discussion. 472 grams, 15cm (6"). Property of a private collector, Bath, Avon, UK; acquired on the UK art market in the early 1980s; formerly acquired on the European art market circa 1970. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Fine condition; bowl detached from stem.
Los 408
14th-15th century AD. A large flat-section gilt-bronze discoid harness pendant with suspension bracket (one lug absent); gilt heraldic design within a notched border, enamelled image of winged angels supporting a heater shield with coronet above, frond below. 52 grams, 80mm (3 1/4"). Property of a European gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s. Very fine condition. Rare.
Los 409
13th-14th century AD. A mixed group of bronze horse harness pendants comprising: a lozenge with enamelled checky design; a hexafoil with radiating florets; a heater shield with black enamelled fess dauncetty design attributed to Sir William le Vavasour, active in the closing years of the 13th century. 24 grams total, 38-46mm (1 1/2 - 1 3/4"). Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK; acquired on the UK art market after 2000. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Los 465
10th-12th century AD. A bronze encolpion, or reliquary cross formed from two equal-armed crosses hinged together at the base and top with large suspension ring; one face of cross engraved with figure in long robes, arms held out in the orans position of prayer, halo behind head and cross on chest, two palm leaves beneath hands; to the reverse an incised cross with hatched decoration to the body with inlaid roundels of green glass to the centre and end of each arm. 119 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). From a home counties collection; formed 1970-1980. Extremely fine condition.
Los 469
6th-5th century BC. A bronze helmet of the Chalcidian Type, with a carinated ridge around the top, rising to a point over the forehead; hinged cheek pieces with curvilinear border and central boss; neck guard to the back, with a short nose guard and openings for the ears. For a similar example see The Walters Art Museum, accession number 54.2468 938 grams, 27.5cm (10 3/4"). Property of a private collector; acquired before 1990. Accompanied by a report of metallurgic analytical results, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. This lot is published at the front of section in the printed catalogue. Fine condition, restored.
Los 470
6th-5th century BC. A bronze helmet formed from two curved segments each with a flared rim, nasal, raised panels to the upper section of the bowl, repoussé ridge forming curved brows; to each side, a recess for the ear; star-shaped attachment to the top with slot for plumes. See discussion in Connolly, P. Greece and Rome at War, London, 1988, p.60-63. 651 grams, 24cm (9 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly in an Austrian private collection formed in the 1970s. Accompanied by a report of metallurgic analytical results, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. Fair condition, restored.
Los 471
4th-1st century BC. A bronze helmet consisting of two sections joined with bronze rivets; above, a domed section with row of rivets; below, a folded band with rolled rim, with rivets to the rear holding two halves; line of holes to the base for securing a leather inner lining. See Travis, H. & J. Roman Helmets, Stroud, 2014, p.50-53 for discussion of types. 397 grams, 25cm (9 7/8"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly in an Austrian private collection formed in the 1970s. Accompanied by a report of metallurgic analytical results, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. Fine condition, restored.
Los 480
Mid 1st century BC. A pair of iron La Tène II spatha-type swords, each a flat-section parallel-sided two-edged blade with short square-section tang, deliberately bent to render it unusable. Cf. Stead, I. & Rigby, V. The Morel Collection. Iron Age Antiquities from Champagne in the British Museum, London, 1999, item 1570. 1.2 kg, 38cm folded (15"). Private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK; Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. The practice of ritual destruction of weapons has been found across Northern and Central Europe from the Bronze Age onwards. Swords folded in their iron scabbards are a particular feature of La Tène-type societies from the last centuries BC. The reasoning behind the practice is not understood in detail, but appears to be connected to the idea that the sword has a personality and 'will' of its own which needed to be released through ceremonial destruction on the death of its owner. [2] Fair condition. Rare.
Los 488
2nd millennium BC. A bronze dagger with triangular blade, double midrib, lower guard with raised crescent reinforcement, hilt with lateral flanges and lobed pommel. Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, item 42. 200 grams, 32.5cm (12 3/4"). Ex South London collection; acquired in the late 1990s. Fine condition.
Los 490
8th-7th century BC. A bronze leaf-shaped spearhead with grooved spine down the centre; tang to the base with securing holes to either side. 200 grams, 25.2cm (10"). From a European collection; previously in a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s. Very fine condition.
Los 499
Copper Hoard Culture, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, mid-2nd millennium BC. A slender bronze spearhead with thick midrib, rounded shoulders pierced in two places above a round-section tang. See Yule, P. The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985 for discussion. 360 grams, 35cm (13 3/4"). Property of a West London gentleman; previously in an important weapons collection formed in the 1980s and early 1990s. Some Copper Hoard items have been assigned a ritual rather than practical function (Yule: 1985"). Fine condition. Rare.
Los 502
Copper Hoard Culture, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, mid-2nd millennium BC. A substantial bronze spearhead or harpoon with thick midrib, rounded tip, notched barbed blade, pierced lateral barb above a round-section tang. See Yule, P. The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985 for discussion. 601 grams, 26.5cm (10 1/4"). Property of a West London gentleman; previously in an important weapons collection formed in the 1980s and early 1990s. Some Copper Hoard items have been assigned a ritual rather than practical function (Yule: 1985"). Fine condition. Extremely rare.
Los 514
2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket and rectangular blade, slightly hooked to the underside; projecting section to the back with standing male figure to either side. 310 grams, 13cm (5"). Ex South London collection; acquired in the late 1990s. Fair, uncleaned condition. Rare.
Los 515
2nd millennium BC. A large tubular bronze macehead with flanges to the rims, three columns of radiating spikes and three boar figures modelled in the round. See Moorey, P.R.S. Ancient Bronzes From Luristan, London, 1974 for discussion. 548 grams, 20cm (8"). Private collection, London, UK; formed 1970s-1980s. Fine condition. Rare.
Los 517
3rd-4th century AD. A mixed group of bronze prick spurs comprising three with hollow-formed pricket and one a solid bar with facetted cone. See James, S. Excavations at Dura Europos 1928-1937. VII The Arms, Armour and Other Military Equipment, London, 2004 for discussion. 84 grams total, 36-60mm (1 1/2 - 2 3/8"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent. [4] Very fine condition.
Los 518
3rd-4th century AD. A bronze military snaffle-bit comprising interlocked iron rings each on a facetted bronze shank with polyhedral bulb, round-section ring and two attachment hoops. See James, S. Excavations at Dura Europos 1928-1937. VII The Arms, Armour and Other Military Equipment, London, 2004 for discussion. 315 grams, 24cm (9 3/8"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent. Extremely fine condition.
Los 546
Copper Hoard Culture, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, mid-2nd millennium BC. An oxidised copper flat-section anthropomorphic figure standing with legs spread and arms curled to the sides; notched edges to both faces. See Yule, P. The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985, plate II, n°239 for discussion. 1.3 kg, 30cm (11 3/4"). Property of a West London gentleman; previously in an important collection formed in the 1980s and early 1990s. Another Gangetic idol of type I, from the Doris Wiener collection, was sold at Christie’s New York in 2002, March 20th, lot 69, for US$35,000.00. Fine condition. Extremely rare.
Los 636
2nd millennium BC. A bronze horse-bit suite comprising: a round-section bar with ends scrolled in opposite directions; two lateral plaques, each a horse on a baseline with two legs hobbled, head modelled in the round and loop to the inner face of the neck. Cf. Moorey, P.R.S. Ancient Bronzes From Luristan, London, 1974, plate VI, item A. 730 grams total, 21.5cm (8 1/2"). From an important Mayfair collection; collection number 2622; acquired before 2000. Very fine condition.
Los 639
18th century BC. A large square-section bronze spike or pin, curved, with tapered pierced finial, cuneiform text to two adjacent faces; the short side reads: '½ ma-na' meaning ½ mina (weight); the longer side reads: “e2-gal shu-up-ra-bi/am”, translating to: 'Palace (or: Property) of Shup-rabi (or: Shub-ram)'. Cf. Heimpel, W. Letters to the King of Mari: A New Translation, with Historical Introduction, Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbraun’s, 2003, p.560 & 646; accompanied by copies of book entries for Shub-ram King of Kirdahat. 271 grams, 33cm (13"). From an important North London collection formed before 1980. There are possibly several kings of the name of Shub-ram in the Old Babylonian period, but it has been suggested that this one is probably the king of Kirdahat, who is not in the king lists yet, and currently appears only in Mari letters: 'Shuduhum, Middle and Late Bronze Age city in west or central Ida-maras, in the Habur triangle of northern Mesopotamia, first attested in the Mari archives from the reign of Zimri-Lim (1774-1762 BC"). At this time, it was ruled by a king called Itur-Malik, who joined with three other kings of the Ida-maras region (Sammetar of Ashnakkum, Tamarzi of the Tarmannians, and Shub-Ram of Kidahat/Qirdahat) on what was apparently a diplomatic mission to Zimri-Lim (*LKM 418"). The city later appears among the conquests of the Assyrian king Adad-nirari I (1307-1275) (*RIMA 1:131"). Very fine condition. Excessively rare.
Los 641
2nd millennium BC. A bronze macehead or hammer with curved body, flared striking face; two eagle heads modelled in the round to the upper face, the body with raised ribs terminating in for graduated loops; pierced laterally through lozengiform raised panels. 381 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). From an important London collection formed before 1980. Fine condition. Extremely rare.
Los 692
15th-16th century AD. A gilt-bronze statuette of Buddha in Bhumisparsa Mudra, calling the Earth to witness his enlightenment, sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais, one hand palm-upwards in the lap; with unusual original base-plate. 964 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a London collector, acquired early 1990s; accompanied by a scholarly note identifying and dating the Buddha, by Dr. Alain Presencer F.R.A.S. Fine condition. Scarce.
Los 693
17th-18th century AD. A gilt bronze statuette of the Bodhisattva Manjushri seated on a lotus throne, smaller lotus coming from the front to support the right leg; manjushri crowned and with urna to the centre of the forehead, long ears with rosette earrings; strings of necklaces to the chest and armlets, bracelets to both hands, anklets to both feet; sash around the shoulders and hair falling down the arms; left hand holding a book of sutras, right resting by the side of the body; two lotus flowers to the side of the body; to the base a sel with engraved vajra. 4.98 kg, 26cm (10"). Property of North West London gentleman; acquired from a London collector in the late 1990s; previously in a private collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Very fine condition.
Los 696
Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD. A gilt bronze figure of a bird with crest to the top of the head, wings folded back against the body, tail fanned; short legs standing on a socket. 362 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). From an important London collection, acquired in the 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Los 697
19th century AD. A gilt bronze Gau or amulet case decorated to the lid with the figure of the goddess Arya Tara, body, arms, legs and head made from turquoise, crown to the top of the head, coral earrings, holding a lotus flower in each hand ending in a carnelian flower bud, seated on a carnelian lotus flower; scrolling pattern to the background, to the corners a faceted green stone with four coral beads to the edge; to the border a repeating frieze of square and oblong turquoise beads; ribbed suspension ring to the top with two turquoise beads; to the base a vajra-shaped amulet with three turquoise beads; lid hinged and opens to reveal to the inside the figure of Avalokiteshvara with body, arms, legs and face made from coral; four armed with front hands in prayer, to the left holding a rosary, to the right a lotus flower with turquoise flower; seated on a turquoise lotus flower; scrolling metal work decoration to the background; to each corner a turquoise bead with three faceted green stones to the side; to the edge a series of turquoise beads; to the inside and outside edges of the box wire work decoration in the form of lotus petals and chevrons. 175 grams, 88mm (3 1/2"). Property of a Middlesex collector; acquired on the London art market; formerly in an old English collection. Very fine condition.
Los 725
12th-13th century AD. A wide bronze bowl with short sides, later engraved on the inside with an image of the Buraq. 241 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Property of a UK gentleman; formerly in an old German collection; acquired in the 1980s. Buraq is a steed in Islamic mythology, a creature from the heavens that transported the prophets. Most notably Buraq carried the Islamic prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem and back during the Isra and Mi'raj or Night Journey, as recounted in hadith literature. Fine condition.
Los 728
17th-18th century AD. A bronze casket with hinged lid; the chamfered lid decorated with openwork Arabic text to the top, bands of text to the rim and sides, to the centre a square panel with geometric Arabic text, two floral knop handles; hinged clasp with scrolling floral pattern; body of casket with panels of openwork Arabic text; small feet rivetted to the underside; hinges to the lid with scrolling floral pattern. 2.93 kg, 23cm (9"). Private collection, South West London; acquired before 2000. This lot is published at the front of section in the printed catalogue. Fine condition, hinge pins absent.
Los 753
2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with chamfered sockets across a slightly curved H-section blade with straight edge, domed disc to the rear. Cf. Novotná, M. Die Äxte und Beile der Slowakei, Abteilung IX Band 3, Munich, 1970, item 351. 330 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). From an old Suffolk collection; formed 1990-2000. Fine condition.
Los 758
2nd millennium BC. A bronze dagger blade with leaf-shaped blade, waisted to the middle and with raised mid-rib, pierced for six rivets. 143 grams, 27cm (10 1/2"). From a European collection; previously in a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s. Fine condition.
Los 760
4th-2nd century BC. A squat bronze cauldron with carinated profile, flat everted rim; two applied escutcheons to the shoulder, each triangular with applied rivets; bands of ropework and bead detailing flanking a band of running scrolls; base repaired in antiquity with riveted plates. Cf. Macdonald, P. Llyn Cerrig Bach. A Study of the Copper Alloy Artefacts from the Insular La Tène Assemblage, Cardiff, 2007, fig. 19 (riveted cauldron fragment) and fig.26 (running scroll ornament"). 1.3 kg, 25cm (9 3/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman; formerly with the Den of Antiquity, Suffolk, UK, in 2010; previously in a European collection; accompanied by the old dealers ticket (1,250.00"). Cauldrons seem to have had some sort of sacred connotations from as early as the later Bronze Age in Europe, and to have been associated with funerary and water rituals. During the Iron Age cauldrons were deliberately buried in watery contexts, such as the Gundestrup cauldron from Denmark, as well as examples from Llyn Fawr in Mid-Glamorgan and Llyn Cerrig on the island of Anglesey. A huge bronze cauldron filled with more than two thousand pieces of jewellery comes from an Iron Age sacred spring at Duchcov in Czechoslovakia. Feasting associated with these cauldrons is attested in the vernacular mythological tradition, mainly in Ireland and Wales. Here, cauldrons were particularly concerned with Otherworld feasting and with rebirth and resurrection. It was believed that feasting halls in the Irish Otherworld possessed their own inexhaustible cauldron of plenty and regeneration, and were closely associated with the god Daghda who was believed to heal by placing wounded and dead warriors into his cauldron. Cauldrons are of particular interest since the archaeological and literary evidence have so many features in common. The feasting, regeneration and water symbolism which is so prominent in the vernacular mythology is present in the archaeological material. One of the repousse plates on the Gundestrup cauldron depicts a scene where a god accompanied by soldiers holds a man over a vat of liquid, perhaps in the act of resurrecting a dead warrior. This lot is published at the front of section in the printed catalogue. Fair condition, with many ancient repairs.
Los 761
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze round-section arm ring with three groups of appliqué wire motifs, each group formed as two biconical spirals flanking a larger triconical spiral. 47 grams, 85mm (3 1/2"). Property of a European gentleman living in Northamptonshire. Very fine condition. Extremely rare.
Los 762
3rd-1st century BC. A very long bronze belt consisting of one hundred and thirteen plates in the form of bars with four raised bosses with horizontal mid sections; catch plate to either end with red enamel diamond pattern, three loops to the edge. 970 grams, 118cm (46 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Fine condition.
Los 765
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze pendant in the form of a standing boar with punched dot decoration along the body; pierced at the back with bronze suspension ring threaded through. 7.89 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). From the collection of a European gentleman living in South London; acquired 1970-1980. Very fine condition. Extremely rare.
Los 800
2nd century BC-1st century AD. A bronze flat-ring terret of the Iceni with moustache-like motif reserved in red enamel to both faces. Cf. terret from Ashill, Norfolk in Natasha Hutcheson, Later Iron Age Norfolk: Metalwork, Landscape and Society, BAR British Series 361, 2--4, cat. No.131, p.120 and Fig. 131, p.135. 65 grams, 64mm (2 1/2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number TE1; formerly in the Terry Young collection; found Norfolk, UK. 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. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Very fine condition.
Los 801
1st century BC-1st century AD. An openwork bronze lyre-type mount with tear-shaped upper register with 'hidden face', similar arm to each side with opposite crescents; a pair of punched circles to each section, remains of ribbed decoration; attachment loop to the reverse. 47.47 grams, 80mm (3 1/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number CE8; formerly in the 'Celtic Art Connoisseur of Cambridge collection'; found on the north bank of River Thames at Syon Park, near Isleworth, Middlesex, 1995-1998. Chris Rudd says: I can't recall seeing any other lyre-form mounts like this. However, it is interesting that the motif of two opposed crescent moons occurs frequently on the early gold coinage of the Catuvellauni, e.g. ABC 2442, 2445, 2508, 2511, 2514, 2550-74. A heart-shaped hidden face can also be seen on the first gold stater of Cunobelinus, ABC 2771, the most powerful of all Catuvellaunian rulers. This is obvious evidence that tribal emblems and dynastic heraldry can be seen not only on the Celtic coins of Britain, but also on other contemporary prestige metalwork; which is why I was keen to acquire this piece. 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. Fine condition.
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