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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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1662

Anglo-Saxon 'Carolingian' Lead Strap End

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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