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LOT 1763
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ANGLO-SAXON BRONZE DISC BROOCH WITH BEAST FACING BACK
900-1000 A.D.
1 1/8 in. (6.78 grams, 28 mm).
900-1000 A.D.
1 1/8 in. (6.78 grams, 28 mm).
Discoid in plan with low-relief regardant beast within a beaded border, remains of lug and catch to reverse. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found near Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, UK, on Sunday 1st September 2024.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-0A4178.
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, pl.6(3).
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