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LOT 1656
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Strap End
9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (3.58 grams, 41 mm).
Convex-sided with two attachment holes at the upper edge, niello-filled limb detail to the body and beast-head finial; Thomas's Class A. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Brown collection, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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, item 5, for type.
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