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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
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LOT 1716

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal

LATER 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

5 in. (70 grams, 12.8 cm).

With trapezoidal headplate and lateral wings, domed stud above, deep bow and equine finial with discoid nostrils.

Provenance

Found Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 12.12.

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LOT 1716

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal

Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)

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