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LOT 1926
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Miniature Girdle Hanger Pendant
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (6.19 grams, 71 mm).
With round-section hatched shank and T-shaped finial with swept wings. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 42.1, for type.
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