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LOT 1485
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (18 grams, 70 mm).
Trefoil projections to the headplate, almost conical bow and collared lower body; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCambridgeshire collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, item 15.68.
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