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LOT 1725
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
LATER 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (12 grams, 61 mm).
With trefoil head and leaf-shaped foot, ring--and-dot ornament. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 15.52.
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