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LOT 0365
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Buckle Frame with Garnets
LATE 5TH-EARLY 7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (8.38 grams, 33.8 mm).
Marzinzik's Type I.6 rectangular loop with thick edges, recessed bar, leaf-shaped garnet to each angle, punched detailing to the carinated ridge.
ProvenanceFound while searching with a metal detector near Micheldever, near Winchester, Hampshire, UK, on Sunday 17th March 2013.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.HAMP-A0905A.
Cf. Marzinzik, S., Early Anglo-Saxon Belt Buckles (Late 5th to 8th centuries AD.), BAR British Series 357, Oxford, 2003, for similar frames from Mucking II, Essex, Grave 823 (pl.82, p.199, no.914a) and from Highdown, West Sussex, Grave 34 (pl.83, p.200, no.581).
FootnotesExamples are found in southern and eastern England and date broadly from the sixth century (Marzinzik, 2003, 24-5, pl.16).
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