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LOT 1790

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Borre Style Disc Brooch

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (6.05 grams, 28 mm).

With a central annular motif from which issue four bilinear tendrils, each ending in a coiled loop; a catchplate and lug to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Norfolk, UK.

Literature

Cf. similar example from Wetheringsett, Suffolk, in West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, item 134(8).

CONDITION

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LOT 1790

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Borre Style Disc Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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