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LOT 1735
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Nummular Brooch
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.54 grams, 23 mm).
Disc brooch with pin-lug to the reverse and scar where the catch was soldered on, low-relief design of a profile bust inside a ring of ropework and pellets. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near New Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.FAKL-DFD6D3.
Literature
Cf. Abramson, T., Sceattas. An Illustrated Guide, King's Lynn, 2006, p.63 (Vanimundus Series Va type 55, silver variety VaB); Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.1.2-e.
Footnotes
The design of the brooch is based on the form of contemporary coins.
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