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LOT 1662
Anglo-Saxon 'Carolingian' Lead Strap End
8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (14.8 grams, 32 mm).
Tongue-shaped with an interlaced beast design, transverse bar above. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Sutton Fields, Sutton on the Forest, Yorkshire, UK, in April 2013.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by an illustrated record card by Jim Halliday.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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