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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]

Provenance

Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 15.52.

CONDITION

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LOT 1725

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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