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LOT 1739
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Gusset Plate with Ravens
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (8.41 grams, 43 mm).
Formed as a slender triangle with slightly concave sides terminating in a stylised beast's head with roundel eyes and a square muzzle; raised median band with dome and scrolled ends forming avian heads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Hines, J., Clasps-Hektespenner-Agraffen: Anglo-Scandinavian Clasps of the Third to Sixth Centuries AD. Typology, Diffusion and Function, Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, 1993.
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