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LOT 0380
Anglo-Saxon Gold Chip-Carved Bronze Saucer Brooch
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.01 grams, 26 mm).
With central bosses within a pelletted ring, plain band with stamped roundels, billetted outer band and flared rim; pin-lug, pin and catch to the reverse.
Provenance
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 2.38, for type.
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