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LOT 1733
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Collection
6TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
5/8 - 1 3/4 in. (41 grams total, 15-43 mm).
Including: ansate brooch, wrist clasp, hooked tags, pyramid mount and other items, some with gilding. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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