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LOT 1723
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Equal-Arm Brooch
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (7 grams, 49 mm).
C-shaped in section with transverse hatching and pointillé ornament, triangular spike to centre, pin-lug offset to one edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
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