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LOT 1620
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Interlaced Belt Mount
LATE 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (1.56 grams, 22 mm).
Triangular gilt-bronze appliqué with two pierced lugs to the reverse, obverse with three-strand knotwork motif (Style II).
Provenance
Found near Skirpenbeck, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-2C0918.
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