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LOT 1609
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Strap End Group
CIRCA 9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 1 5/8 in. (7.19 grams total, 33-40 mm).
Comprising: one with scooped upper end, low-relief knotwork, beast-head finial; one with pierced lobes at the upper end, leaf-shaped body with openwork foliage motif, beast-head finial. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
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