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LOT 1266
Estimate
GBP (£) 100 - 140
EUR (€) 120 - 160
USD ($) 130 - 190
ANGLO-SAXON GOLD CHIP-CARVED BRONZE ROUNDEL
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (9.24 grams, 28.45 mm).
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (9.24 grams, 28.45 mm).
Roundel with central disc and surrounding band of three-strand guilloche; possibly the 'button' from a shield-boss.
PROVENANCE:
Found Norfolk, Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Pollington, S., Kerr, L. & Hammond, B., Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth & Material Culture from the 4th to 7th century, Ely, 2010, item 11.02, for type.
FOOTNOTES:
The item is described on the museum's accompanying slip as a 'disk brooch' but it lacks any sign of having had a catch or pin-lug attached.
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