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LOT 1749
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch Group
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 5/8 in. (5.03 grams total, 13-15 mm).
Comprising: Avent's Class L with flange to the rim, inner collar, central helmetted mask with scaphoid mouth, remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse; Avent's Class L with flange to the rim, inner collar, central mask with central 'eye', remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Avent, R. & Evison, V.I., Anglo-Saxon Button Broochesin Archaeologia, vol.CVII, 1982.
FootnotesBrooches of Class L show a developed design in which the original mask has been transformed into a single 'eye' motif in a frame.
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