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Anglo-Saxon Gold Chip-Carved Bronze Saucer Brooch Anglo-Saxon Gold Chip-Carved Bronze Saucer Brooch Anglo-Saxon Gold Chip-Carved Bronze Saucer Brooch
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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.

CONDITION
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LOT 0380

Anglo-Saxon Gold Chip-Carved Bronze Saucer Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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