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LOT 1738

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch

5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (2.34 grams, 17 mm).

Of Avent's Class A(ii) with flange to the rim, inner collar, central helmetted mask with scaphoid mouth; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Avent, R. & Evison, V.I., Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches in Archaeologia, vol.CVII, 1982, p.79, for similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 1738

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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