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LOT 1699
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Strap End Group
9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 3/4 in. (11.2 grams total, 24-47 mm).
Comprising one convex-sided with niello palmette design, beast-head finial; one convex-sided with beast-head finial, recesses above; one fragment with Trewhiddle Style beast and palmette; Thomas's Class A. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound north Kent, UK.
Previously on loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK.
Ex Midlands collection.
Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector since 2013.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 1, Finds Research Group datasheet 32, Sleaford, 2007, items 4, 6, 12, for type.
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Comprising one convex-sided with niello palmette design, beast-head finial; one convex-sided with beast-head finial, recesses above; one fragment with Trewhiddle Style beast and palmette; Thomas's Class A. 11.2 grams total, 24-47 mm
Found north Kent, UK. Previously on loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK. Ex Midlands collection. Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector since 2013. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
