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LOT 1761
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch
6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (5.17 grams, 19.7 mm).
Large example of the type (Avent's Class Ai) with deep flange to the rim, inner collar with pellets, central helmetted mask with scaphoid mouth, remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse.
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
LiteratureCf. Avent, R. & Evison, V.I., Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches in Archaeologia, vol.CVII, 1982, item 18.7, for type.
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