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LOT 1713
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pin Head with Cross
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (8 grams, 31 mm).
Discoid with reserved central cross between four lentoid panels of reserved knotwork; end of broken shaft; later modified with holes to accept four domed rivets at the apices of the cross (three in situ) and one re-drilled; central mounting hole. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Norfolk, UK.
Literature
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, items 184, 185, for the comparable Witham pin-set, prior to modification.
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