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LOT 0352
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pin Terminal
8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (10.2 grams, 46 mm).
Lozengiform in profile with voids in the spandrels and central cross with pelta finial, overlapping scaled developing to scrolls, applied stud at the central junction; lateral lugs pierced to accept connecting chains; vesica-shaped leaves to the base above bulbous junction with the pin (absent).
ProvenanceFound near Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Accompanied by a copy of UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) report no.57990.
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 184, for full set.
FootnotesDress pins of this type were worn in sets of three connected with chains or thongs.
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LOT 0352
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pin Terminal
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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