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Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Button Brooch
6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (20.9 grams total, 98 mm including satand).
Gilt disc brooch of Avent & Evison's Class Ai with carinated inner border and mask, pin-lug and catch to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceEx Kai Schmidt, Cologne, Germany, 1960s-1980s.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00086755.
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 Brooches in Archaeologia, vol.CVII, 1982, p.78.
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