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LOT 1333
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
LATE 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 3/4 in. (24 grams total, 30-46 mm).
Comma-shaped lobes to the headplate, gently carinated bow, T-shaped footplate with hemispherical terminal; ferrous remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse, lower part detached. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Cambridgeshire collection, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1907,1219.2, for another example found in Soham, Cambridgeshire; MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 15.38.
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