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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Strap End with Beast Facing Back Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Strap End with Beast Facing Back Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Strap End with Beast Facing Back
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LOT 1632

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Strap End with Beast Facing Back

CIRCA 750-900 A.D.

1 7/8 in. (11.7 grams, 47 mm).

Teardrop-shaped fitting with split upper edge and securing rivets; palmette motif below the rivets, reserved scrolled best motif on a niello(?) field, beast-head finial. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, UK, in 2017.
From an old Yorkshire, UK, collection.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-FEAD9E.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1632

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Strap End with Beast Facing Back

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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