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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch with Helmetted Warrior Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch with Helmetted Warrior Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch with Helmetted Warrior
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LOT 1383

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch with Helmetted Warrior

5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (3.66 grams, 19 mm).

Class Ai; broad flange rim and circular frame enclosing a facing male mask with helmet detailing; pin-lug and catch to the reverse.

Provenance

Property of a Leeds collector, UK.

Literature

Cf. Avent, R. & Evison, V.I., Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches in Archaeologia, vol.CVII, 1982, item 18.7, for type.

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LOT 1383

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch with Helmetted Warrior

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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