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Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/4 - 6 7/8 in. (437 grams total, 17-17.5 cm).
Comprising: ferrous shield boss of Härke & Dickinson's Type 3 with broad flange, deep sidewall with carination and domed cone; flared apex stud; traces of fixing rivets in underside of flange; spearhead of Swanton's Type E2, lenticular in section with elongated lozengiform profile, split socket. [2, No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Dickinson, T. & Härke, H., Early Anglo-Saxon Shields, London, 1992, p.14; Swanton, M.J., Spearheads of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements, London, 1973, fig.25.
FOOTNOTES:
The distortion to the shield boss appears to have been produced by an impact blow from a sturdy, wedge-section blade, probably an axe.
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