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LOT 1204
Anglo-Saxon Iron Ship Rivet
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (75 grams, 57 mm).
An iron ship rivet composed of a tapering rectangular-section body and broad, slightly domed head. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found UK.
Essex gallery, early 2000s.
Literature
Cf. Bruce-Mitford, R., The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial. Volume I, London, 1975, p.122, fig.80, for comparison.
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