Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pin Terminal

8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (4.91 grams, 32 mm).

Discoid panel with one gilt face, incised concentric quadrants forming a voided cross; attachment point for shank to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Literature

Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 184, for full set.

Footnotes

Dress pins of this type were worn in sets of three connected with chains or thongs.

CONDITION

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LOT 1684