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LOT 1724
Anglo-Saxon Glass and Amber Necklace Bead Group.
LATE 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 7/8 in. (32 grams total, 5-23 mm).
Including oblate, melon, annular and other types. [56]
Provenance
Found Seaham, Co Durham, UK.
Property of a Durham private collector.
Literature
See Brugmann, B., Glass Beads from Early Anglo-Saxon Graves, Oxford, 2004.
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