Anglo-Saxon Gilt Silver Sword Pommel

6TH CENTURY AD

1 1/2" (15.46 grams, 39mm).

A parcel-gilt silver sword pommel cap of Bifrons-Gilton type, rectangular in plan with two pierced lugs and securing pins to each short edge, raised T-shaped panel to each scooped face and corresponding notches to the long edges; border of punched triangles to the flat faces and the raised panels, hollow to the underside with ferrous remains; to one face four ring-and-dot motifs on the lower edge flanking an incised arrowhead, incised voided arrowhead to the other face with two ring-and-dot motifs and fylfot to the lower edge.

Provenance

Found Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 2018; disclaimed with treasure reference 2018T180; accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report number IOW-FC69E6.

Literature

Cf. Menghin, W. Das Schwert im Frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983 for discussion.

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LOT 0427

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Silver Sword Pommel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,750

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