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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Brooch with Bust Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Brooch with Bust Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Brooch with Bust
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LOT 1778

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Brooch with Bust

9TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (8.2 grams, 28 mm).

With dentilled rim and profile bust with cross in imitation of a coin design.

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market in the early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Abramson, T., Sceattas. An Illustrated Guide, King's Lynn, 2006, p.63 (Vanimundus Series Va type 55, silver variety VaB); Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.1.2-e.

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LOT 1778

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Brooch with Bust

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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