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LOT 1568
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount Group
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 7/8 in. (5.3 grams total, 20-23 mm).
Comprising: a zoomorphic mount with raised detailing, stud to reverse; fragment with high-relief interlace motif. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Yorkshire, UK, in 2009.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, fig.55(4).
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