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LOT 1747
Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Bronze Brooch
11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.42 grams, 25 mm).
Disc brooch with stepped rim, pin-lug and catch to reverse; enamelled foliage design to obverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Little Saxham, Suffolk, UK.
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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