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Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Shield Mount Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Shield Mount Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Shield Mount
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LOT 1041

Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Shield Mount

6TH-7TH CENTURY AD

1" (11 grams, 23 mm).

A cast chip-carved discoid mount with heavy gilding, the rim pelletted; central motif of four serpents bound in a knot, each body formed of three strands, the central strand beaded; remains of three studs to the reverse.

Provenance

Found Saxby, Lincolnshire, UK; in 1999.

CONDITION
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LOT 1041

Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Shield Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,331

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