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LOT 1758
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Sword Scabbard Pyramid Mount
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (1.9 grams, 12 mm).
Hollow-formed pyramidal mount with hexagon design in low relief, slider bar to underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
See Menghin, W., Das Schwert im Frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983, pp.150-1, for discussion.
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