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LOT 1691
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Horse Harness Pelta Mount with Interlace
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.58 grams, 20 mm).
With dense panel of three-strand knotwork in low relief. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
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LOT 1691
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Horse Harness Pelta Mount with Interlace
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Discoid panel with one gilt face, incised concentric quadrants forming a voided cross; attachment point for shank to the reverse. 4.91 grams, 32 mm
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