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Anglo-Saxon Iron 'Battle Damaged' Shield Boss and Spear Anglo-Saxon Iron 'Battle Damaged' Shield Boss and Spear Anglo-Saxon Iron 'Battle Damaged' Shield Boss and Spear
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LOT 1513

Anglo-Saxon Iron 'Battle Damaged' Shield Boss and Spear

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.

CONDITION
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LOT 1513

Anglo-Saxon Iron 'Battle Damaged' Shield Boss and Spear

Sold for (Inc. bp): £221

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