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LOT 1715
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small Long Brooch
6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (10.4 grams, 54 mm).
With square headplate and lozengiform foot, band of punched pellets to the edges, pin-lug and catch to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Essex, UK.
Acquired from TimeLine Originals, Essex, UK, circa 2010.
From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 15.15, for type.
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