Anglo-Saxon Bronze Regardant Beast Brooch

8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (8.2 grams, 29 mm).

Comprising a flat-section disc with reserved regardant beast within a pelletted border, pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse.

Provenance

Acquired 1990s.
From an East Anglian private collection.

Literature

Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, fig.15, item 6.

CONDITION

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