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LOT 1424
Anglo-Saxon Iron Shield Boss Pair
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 - 5 1/4 in. (457 grams total, 11.5-13.2 cm).
Comprising: ferrous shield boss of Härke & Dickinson's Type 1 with shallow sidewall with carination and low domed cone; tall apex stud with flange; outer flange almost absent; another of Härke & Dickinson's Type 3 with deep sidewall with pronounced carination, domed cone; tall apex stud with flange; outer flange absent. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Dickinson, T. & Härke, H., Early Anglo-Saxon Shields, London, 1992, p.11, 14.
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