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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]

Provenance

Found Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Literature

See Menghin, W., Das Schwert im Frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983, pp.150-1, for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 1758

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Sword Scabbard Pyramid Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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