1st-2nd century AD. A substantial bronze mount with curved reverse, facing youthful male mask with scowling expression, pointillé panel beneath the chin. 28 grams, 34mm (1 1/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number CE71; formerly in the Don Lee collection; found near a hillfort in Dorset, 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. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
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18th-16th century BC. A small bronze flat axe of flared profile with lateral flanges and a rounded butt. Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881 item 1. 104 grams, 90mm (3 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number AX11; ex 'the-tin-king'; found near Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales. 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. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Mainly 2nd century AD. A mixed group of bronze disc brooches with enamelled detailing. 31 grams total, 21-22mm (3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection numbers DS4 DS9 DS10 DS18 & DS19; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. 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. [5 No Reserve] Fine condition, two with pins absent.
116-117 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P legend with radiate, draped bust right. Rev: SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS legend with Trajan walking right, looking back, between two trophies; SC in exergue. RIC 676; Cohen 356; BMC 1052; Sear 3219. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 13.88 grams. . With collector ticket. Good very fine; bust better.
4th century AD. A bronze crossbow brooch with scrolled upper face to the transverse arm, three facetted knops, deep bow, rectangular footplate with raised linear detailing, hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985 item 104. 34 grams, 66mm (2 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number C39; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
1st century AD. A bronze Aucissa bow brooch with tapering chamfered bow, square head with ring-and-dot details, transverse rib above a curved foot with gussetted bulb finial, hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982 item 43 and Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 826 for detailing. 21 grams, 70mm (2 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number E73; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
23rd-17th century BC. An Early Bronze Age copper axe blade with flared end and convex edge, narrow edge to the butt. See Hammond Brett Finding the Bronze Age in Britain in The Searcher, October 2014 fig.3 p.52 (this axehead); also illustrated in Benet's Artefacts, 3rd edition, 2014 fig.301-0416 p.54 (this axehead"). 505 grams, 15cm (6"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number AX9; formerly in an English private collection; found Suffolk in the 1970s. 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. Extremely fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze plate brooch formed as an axe with ribbed shaft, openwork scroll to the rear, incised cross to the blade; pin-lugs and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989 item 1630. 13 grams, 49mm (2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number AxB3; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
217-218 AD. Nikopolis ad Istrum, Moesia mint, magistrate Marcus Claudius Agrippa. Obv: K M OPPEL ANTWNI DIADOVMENIANOC legend with bare head right. Rev: VP AGRIPPA NIKOPOITWN PROC ICTRW legend with Asklepios standing facing, looking left, resting on serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 3670; AMNG 1805. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 11.45 grams. . With collector tickets. [No Reserve] Very fine.
2nd century AD. A bronze plate brooch formed as an axe with enamelled panel to the blade, pin-lugs and catch top the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989 item 1629. 2.02 grams, 26mm (1"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number AxB4; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
1st century AD. A gilt(?) bronze Aucissa-derived Bagendon-type bow brooch with deep divided bow, ribbed headplate with pointillé text 'RVA', hinged pin, catch with knop below; the bow a frame with four roundels on spindles. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 841. 6.12 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number DiB7; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. Chris Rudd says: 'I suspect that ‘Rua’ is a woman’s personal name meaning ‘Red Haired’, as in Rues, a male version of this Celtic name which is seen on bronze coins of the Catuvellauni, ABC 2754-2763.' 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. [No Reserve] Fine condition. Very rare.
364-367 AD. Constantinople mint. Obv: DN PROCO-PIVS PF AVG legend with pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VOT V in two lines within laurel wreath; mintmark C . gamma below. RIC IX Constantinople 13e; Sear 19867. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 2.03 grams. . Very fine; flan chipped. Rare.
313 AD. Arles mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS PF AVG legend with laureate head right. Rev: PRINCIPIS PROVIDENTISSIMI legend around a column inscribed SA / PI / EN / TIA in four lines, owl sitting left on the top, helmet to left, spear and shield to right; mintmark SARL in exergue. RIC VII Arles 1; Sear 15696; see CNG Triton XV, Lot 1558 (same dies"). See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 4.37 grams. . Extremely fine.
1st century AD. A bronze brooch of Langton Down type with broad ribbed bow, spring with chord and pin, scooped foot with pierced flange and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 768 for type. 8.51 grams, 69mm (2 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number E69; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
350 AD. Siscia mint. Obv: DN VETRANIO PF AVG legend with laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS AVGVSTORVM legend with emperor in military dress, standing right, holding transverse spear and globe and spurning a captive sitting at foot right; mintmark ASIS in exergue. RIC VIII Siscia 296; Sear 18908. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 2.05 grams. . With collector tickets. Very fine.
72 AD. Rome mint. Obv: T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II legend with laureate head right. Rev: IVDAEA CAPTA legend with Titus standing right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium, to right a palm tree with a mourning Jew sitting right at its base; SC in exergue. RIC 422; BMCRE 631-632; Paris 618. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 29.75 grams. . Very fine. Rare.
485-479 BC. Obv: charioteer driving a walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins, Nike flying right above, crowning horses. Test cut. Rev: SYRAKOSION legend with head of Arethusa right, pearls in hair and wearing necklace, her long hair falling straight down behind the neck, all surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer 127 (same dies"). See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 17.22 grams. . Very fine. Rare.
95-70 BC. Struck under Mithradates VI. Obv: head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. Rev: AMISOY legend beneath thyrsos leaning against cista mystica draped with a panther skin; HTR monogram in left field. BMC Black Sea 1202-1204; RecGen 24d; Malloy 26b; SNG Tuebingen 2056; SNG Stancomb 697. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 8.60 grams. . Ex Lanz, Germany. Good very fine.
2nd century AD. A bronze plate brooch formed as four radiating profile horse-heads with ring-and-dot eyes; hinge and catch to the reverse. See Heynowski, R. Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Fibeln, Munich, 2012 p.111ff for discussion. 14 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number SW5; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
1st century BC. A bronze strap junction of the Corieltavi tribe, comprising two rods topped with discs connected to a roundel formed with openwork crescents, S-curves and spirals. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference number LIN-654B3D; also published in The Searcher, October 2014 p.46; accompanied by a print out of the PAS report and a copy of the Searcher magazine page. 26 grams, 45mm, (1 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number CE15; found Walcot, near Folkingham, Lincolnshire, UK. The two hidden faces on this Lincolnshire strap union are also seen, in a variety of styles, on many Corieltavian coins; cf. the six drawings in Rudd, C. Ancient British Coins, fig.133 p.91. 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.
68-69 AD. Rome mint. Obv: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P legend with laureate head right. Rev: SPQR OB CIV SER legend in three lines within wreath. RIC 270; Kraay 214; BMC 111; Sear 2125 variant (obverse legend and bust type"). See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 25.33 grams. . Near very fine. Scarce.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze bifacial discoid mount of the Corieltavi with openwork La Tène triskele and scrolls, incised border to both faces. Cf. similar triskele motif on a bronze disc in Megaw, R. & V. Celtic Art - From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells, London, 1989 p.249. 104 grams, 83mm (3 1/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number CE7; ex 'Celtic Art Connoisseur of Cambridge' collection; found Lincolnshire, UK; 1995-1998. Chris Rudd says: 'A Celtic circular openwork mount featuring three stylised Celtic 'puffins' around central triskele. Puffin motifs also occur on Celtic mirrors and terrets of this period. The same whirling triskele also occurs on several early silver coins of the Corieltavi, cf. Type 13 Triskele Proto Boar, in Matthew Rich, Boar Horse (Chris Rudd 2014), figs. 13a and 13b, p.21. Bt. CB, 23.8.2013.' 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. Very fine condition.
3rd-1st century BC. A bronze proto-money or harness ring group comprising twenty-five round-, lozenge- and flat-section rings. 63 grams total, 13-20mm (1/2 - 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number CB21; formerly acquired in the 1990s. 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. [25 No Reserve] Very fine condition.
1st century AD. A tinned bronze plate brooch of a wheel with hub and ribbed spokes; hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 1004. For a discussion on the wheel as a symbol of Taranis see, Green, M. The Sun-Gods of Ancient Europe, Frome, 1991 pp. 86-106. 2.92 grams, 28mm (1"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number PB4; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Very fine condition, cracked. Rare.
2nd century BC-1st century AD. A mixed group of bronze terrets comprising: two each formed as a round-section ring and rectangular frame; two elliptical, flat-section with splayed flanges. 119 grams total, 32-47mm (1 1/4 - 1 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection numbers TE8 TE10 TE15 TE16; found Narborough in Norfolk, Sedgeford in Norfolk, and two from East Anglia, 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. [4 No Reserve] Fine condition.
1st century AD. A silver bow brooch of kräftige profilierte type with discoid headplate covering the spring and chord, bow with four ropework collars, triangular-section foot with incised chevrons, knop finial with ropework collars, catchplate pierced to accept a silver loop with ends coiled about the shank. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985 item 338. 12 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number KP30; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas Collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Fine condition, rim of headplate chipped.
250-175 BC. Mesembria mint. Obv: head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU legend with Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; Corinthian helmet in left field, HR monogram in exergue. Price 1018; SNG Stockholm 1063. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 16.52 grams. . Very fine.
2nd century AD. A mixed group of gilt bronze discoid plate brooches each with a conical glass insert. 53 grams total, 22-35mm (3/4 - 1 1/2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970scollection numbers OP1-3 & OP5; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [4 No Reserve] Fine condition, one with pin.
2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze openwork plate brooch formed as four axes; spring, pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989 item 1630. 15 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number O10; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
14-37 AD. Caesaraugusta mint, Duovir M. Cato L. Vettiacus. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS legend with laureate head left. Rev: M CATO L VETTIACVS over CCA legend above founder ploughing right with two yoked oxen; II VIR below. RPC 350; SNG Copenhagen 558; Madrid 8275. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 12.20 grams. . [No Reserve] Very fine.
1st-2nd century AD. A tinned bronze plate brooch comprising a discoid head with four voids and three pairs of lobes, ribbed collar and cusped foot; hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Mackreth, D.F. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011 item 11410. 3.80 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number CoP7; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Very fine condition. Rare.
2nd century AD. A silver plate brooch formed as a phallus with wings below, incised chevron detailing; spring, pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Mackreth, D.F. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011 item 7942 for type. 7.18 grams, 34mm (1 1/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number WP1; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. Very fine condition. Very rare.
2nd century AD. A bronze disc brooch with domed centre, six small radiating lugs and two larger, enamelled rosette, hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 1064. 11 grams, 40mm (1 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number U5; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze brooch with broad median bow displaying silver wire detailing, raised panels with enamel fill, transverse finials with enamel, hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989 item 1603 for type. 11 grams, 27mm (1"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number Br7; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
13th-10th century BC. An early stop-ridge bronze palstave with square butt, flared blade, convex cutting edge with lateral flanges, median rib and stop to each side. Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab.IX, vol.7 Munich, 1981 pl.42 no,521A; Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881 item 77. 439 grams, 15.5cm (6"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number AX37; previously in the Clark collection, Dorset; acquired in the 1970s. 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.
2nd century AD. A parcel-gilt bronze disc brooch with central cell of polychrome glass; spring, pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Mackreth, D.F. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011 item 11592. 7.88 grams, 24mm (1"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number U44; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. Very fine condition. Rare.
After 141 AD. Posthumous issue, Rome mint. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA legend with draped bust right. Rev: CONSECRATIO legend with peacock walking right, head turned back. RIC 384; RSC 175; BMCRE 473; Sear 4594. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 3.18 grams. . With collector envelope. [No Reserve] Good very fine.
2nd century AD. A bronze disc brooch with radiating peripheral lugs, recessed rings, inlaid niello wreath pattern; hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Mackreth, D.F. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011 item 10771 for type. 6.52 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number D15; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
8th-5th century BC. A silver brooch of Balkans type with round-section bow decorated with lateral and circumferential lines, single coil spring and pin, flat plaque with scooped upper edge, six punched pellets with tremolier and punched detailing, returned lower edge forming the catch. Cf. Beck, H. et al. Fibel und Fibeltracht, Berlin, 2000, fig.86. 5.54 grams, 47mm (1 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number E46; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. Extremely fine condition.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A pair of votive miniature weapons comprising: a silver javelin point; a bronze axehead with inked 'Suffolk' findspot. 13 grams, 28-43mm (1 - 1 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection numbers CE46 & CE54; formerly in the collections of KA and MN, Suffolk, UK; accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity for CE46 from TimeLine Originals, Essex, 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. [2 No Reserve] Fine condition.
155–145 BC. Obv: laureate head of Apollo right, hair in three braids. Rev: MYRINAIWN legend downwards to left of Apollo of Gryneium, laureate and with long, draped loins, standing right, holding patera and filleted branch, omphalos and amphora at foot right; DN monogram in left field, all within laurel wreath. BMC 8; Sacks 22; Paris 318; SNG von Aulock 1663; McClean 7917. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 16.33 grams. . Extremely fine.
1145-1150 AD. BMC type 2. Obv: profile bust left with sceptre before and +STIEFNE legend. Rev: short voided cross with mullet in angles with +IORDAN:ON:hE: legend for the moneyer Jordan at Hertford mint. S. 1280; N.878; see Allen, Dr Martin, Mints and Moneyers of England and Wales, 1066-1158 BNJ 82 2012 and Addenda, BNJ 86 2016 for up to date listings of mints, moneyers and the ttypes struck (this coin not listed therein but to be included in future Addenda"). See Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2016.0234 (this coin"). 1.30 grams. . Found near Worlingworth, Suffolk, UK, 2016. The mint at Hertford struck in the reign of Henry I (type 2) but this is the first coin attributed to that mint for Stephen and no later issues are known; the only other mint signing HE is Hereford but this mint is not a candidate for coins of Stephen, Type 2. Near as struck. Unique mint and moneyer name for the reign; an important coin.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze crescent pendant similar in design to a neck torc with lobe terminals and suspension loop; hollow to the underside, blue enamel panels with inset white and red enamel pellets. 7.71 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number CE82; formerly in the Don Lee collection. 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.
2nd-1st century BC. A bronze bow brooch with coiled spring and pin, short bow with two integral bulbs, returned foot with lateral catch. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 731. 11 grams, 56mm (2 1/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number E30; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Extremely fine condition.
2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze P-shaped bow brooch with transverse bar and sprung pin, double bow, transverse plaque, foot with cusped upper face, catch to the reverse; the bow formed as two divergent curved arms. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985 item 495. 12 grams, 53mm (2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number DiB3; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
3rd-1st century BC. A bronze proto-money or harness ring group comprising sixteen round, lozenge- and flat-section rings each with radiating lugs to the outer edge. 66 grams total, 24-27mm (1"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number CB5A; formerly acquired in the 1990s. 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. [16 No Reserve] Very fine condition.
2nd century AD. A tinned bronze discoid plate brooch with dentilled rim and six curved radiating spokes, hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989 item 1626 for type. 13 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number O4; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
1st century AD. A round-section bronze Polden Hill brooch with hollow lugs to the head to encase the spring, panel of polychrome enamelled La Tène ornament, tapering lower body with catch to the reverse, knop finial. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985 item 377. 22 grams, 67mm (2 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number PH1; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. 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. [No Reserve] Fine condition, spring and pin absent.
276 AD. Ticinum mint. Obv: IMP C M AN FLORIANVS P AVG legend with radiate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: PROVIDE AVG legend with Providentia standing left, holding globe and sceptre; mintmark VI below. RIC V-1 Ticinum 82; Sear 11867. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 3.59 grams. . Extremely fine.
Palaeolithic, 3000,000-300,000 years BP. A knapped flint bifacial hand axe with partial remains of the cortex. 674 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number SA2; found Dewlish, Dorset, UK, in 1929. 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.
Palaeolithic, 400,000-300,000 BP. A finely-knapped large flint handaxe with natural voids to the rounded tip. 816 grams, 19 cm (7 1/2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number SA3; from an old Hampshire collection; found Kessingland, Suffolk, UK, recorded with Suffolk Archaeological Unit. 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.
796-798 AD. Obv: field divided in three by pellet lines with +EADVA to centre, LD with L inverted and retrograde, above and REX below. Rev: cross fourchee with lozenge centre with pellets at centre and to cross-ends with UI HT RE D legend for the moneyer Wihtraed. S. 947; N. 433. see Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2012.0285 (this coin"). 1.23 grams. . Found Tendring, Essex, UK, 2012. Very fine; edge chipped and small split to flan. Very rare.
2nd millennium BC. A Salisbury Type votive socketted axehead with loop, blade and sides decorated with many flared ribs. See Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7 Munich, 1981 for discussion of types. 114 grams, 10cm (4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number AX57; previously in the KA collection; ex Ancient Times. The bronze apparently has high tin content, or possibly this axehead been tinned. It is too fragile for chopping wood and may thus have been specifically intended for ritual use. 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. Very fine condition.
8th-7th century BC. A bronze brooch comprising a ribbed bow with coil and pin, coil and waisted plaque with catch to the lower edge. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985 item 709 for type. 25 grams, 75mm (3"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number E19; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
3rd-1st century BC. A bronze proto-money or harness ring group comprising twelve round- and flat-section rings. 52 grams total, 22-26mm (1"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number CB15; formerly acquired in the 1990s. 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. [12 No Reserve] Very fine condition.
125-65 BC. Mesembria mint. Obv: head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU legend with Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; BAK over Corinthian helmet in left field, QES under throne. Price 1119; Mueller 445. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 15.21 grams. . With collector label. Very fine.
1st century AD. A mixed group of bronze bow brooches comprising: five Hod Hill types with hinged pins, five kräftige profilierte types with sprung pins. 144 grams total, 42-63mm (1 3/4 - 2 1/2"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970scollection numbers KP11-20; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. 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. [10 No Reserve] Fine condition.
1st century AD. A bronze plate brooch comprising two discoid plaques, each with a stud to the centre, flanking a v-shaped panel supporting a male mask, possibly representing the god Cernunnos, with crescent above the head; red enamel to the plaques and crescent; pin and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 fig.51(e) and item 1023 and Mackreth, D.F. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011 item 11429 where the crescentic form of plate brooch is augmented with a robed figure. Hammond, B. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Third Edition, Witham, 2014 p.194 RO7-0710 (this brooch"). 10 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number US52; found near Winchester, Hampshire, UK, in 1979. 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. Very rare.
212 AD. Rome mint. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT legend with laureate head right. Rev: PM TR P XV COS III PP legend with Serapis standing left, holding transverse sceptre and raising right hand. RIC 193-194; RSC 195. See Wildwinds website (this coin"). 3.12 grams. . With collector envelope. [No Reserve] Extremely fine.
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