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LOT 1710
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
LATE 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (26 grams, 78 mm).
With square headplate and three radiating D-shaped panels, narrow bow and footplate, pelta-shaped finial; pin-lug to reverse with remains of ferrous pin, catch below. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Seaham, Co Durham, UK.
Property of a Durham private collector.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 15.66.
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