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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]

Provenance

Found 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.

Literature

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1739

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Gusset Plate with Ravens

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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