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LOT 1584
Anglo-Saxon 'Gloucestershire' Bronze Decorated Pin
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (3.34 grams, 33 mm).
Hipped dress pin with slight bulb to the lower shank, D-shaped headplate with lateral spurs to the upper edge, impressed ring-and-dot ornament, pierced close to one edge for attachment. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
Literature
Cf. a similar set of three such pins in the British Museum under accession no.1858,1116.4.
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