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LOT 1742
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Beast Facing Back Applied Brooch Face
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.61 grams, 30 mm).
With two bands of beading to the border, low-relief repoussé image of a regardant beast in profile, small cross above the rump. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, item 10-4.
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LOT 1742
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Beast Facing Back Applied Brooch Face
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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