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LOT 1772
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Saucer Brooch
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (20.7 grams, 41 mm).
With shallow flange rin, punched-point detail to border and five-pointed star to the centre. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Midlands, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 2.23.
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