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LOT 1738

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Disc Brooch with Cruciform Axe Design

9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (11 grams, 30.2 mm).

Discoid in plan with low-relief reserved cross design, shallows cells to accept enamel fill; pin-lug and catch to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Little Wibraham, South Cambridgeshire, UK, on Sunday 1st September 2024.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-0A4A60.

Literature

Weetch, R. Brooches in Late Anglo-Saxon England within a North West European Context Reading, PHD thesis, 2014.

CONDITION

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LOT 1738

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Disc Brooch with Cruciform Axe Design

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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