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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]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Beast Facing Back Applied Brooch Face
6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With two bands of beading to the border, low-relief repoussé image of a regardant beast in profile, small cross above the rump. 2.61 grams, 30 mm
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. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch Fragment
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising the headplate with trapezoidal panel surrounded by running scrolls, deep bow with three longitudinal ribs; remains of pin-lugs to reverse. 29.3 grams, 53 mm
Formerly from a collection of a Kent, UK, collector established from the 1990s. Property of a private collector, West London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pin Head with Animals
7th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising a flat discoid head and narrow round-section shank; the head with low-relief cruciform design, zoomorphic scroll in each spandrel and central piercing to accept a stud. 4.38 grams, 37 mm
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.