ROMAN CROSSBOW BROOCH COLLECTION 3rd-4th century AD A mixed group of four bronze crossbow brooches with a P-shaped bow brooch and a similar bow brooch with pierced D-shaped plaque to the headplate. 149 grams, 47-69mm (1 3/4 - 2 3/4"). [6, No Reserve] Condition Very fine condition, one pin absent. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection numbers C43-45, C49, C51 & C58; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. Literature See discussion in Mackreth, D.F. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011. 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 CROSSBOW BROOCH COLLECTION 3rd-4th century AD A mixed group of four bronze crossbow brooches with a P-shaped bow brooch and a similar bow brooch with pierced D-shaped plaque to the headplate. 149 grams, 47-69mm (1 3/4 - 2 3/4"). [6, No Reserve] Condition Very fine condition, one pin absent. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection numbers C43-45, C49, C51 & C58; formerly in the Fabulous Fibulas collection, Southern UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. Literature See discussion in Mackreth, D.F. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011. 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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