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LOT 0314
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch with Face of a Warrior
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (3.39 grams, 17.09 mm).
With raised border and chip-carved warrior mask motif; remains of pin-lug and catch to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
See Avent, R. & Evison, V.I., Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches in Archaeologia, vol.CVII, 1982.
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LOT 0314
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch with Face of a Warrior
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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