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Anglo-Saxon and Viking Bronze Artefact Group Anglo-Saxon and Viking Bronze Artefact Group Anglo-Saxon and Viking Bronze Artefact Group
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LOT 1511

Anglo-Saxon and Viking Bronze Artefact Group

CIRCA 5TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 - 1 3/4 in. (240 grams total, 19-45 mm).

Including seven accompanied by Portable Antiquities Scheme records: an incomplete small-long brooch with ring-and-dot ornament; an incomplete small square-headed brooch with headplate featuring zoomorphic mouldings in Salin's Style 1; spindle whorl decorated with vertical striations; an incomplete small Kentish square-headed brooch; fragment of a great square-headed brooch; hooked tag with perforated oval head, Read Class A Type 2; disc brooch decorated with concentric circles and punched dots; together with other miscellaneous artefacts. [33, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Berkshire, UK.

Accompanied by a copies of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report nos.BERK-056093, BERK-725B84, BERK-25F9D1, BERK-04DF75, BERK-051CDB, BERK-0605B4, and BERK-05016C.

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LOT 1511

Anglo-Saxon and Viking Bronze Artefact Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

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