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LOT 1617

Anglo-Saxon 'Thames' Bronze Hook Fastener Collection

8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (4.59 grams total, 15-30 mm).

Including three discoid hooked tags with incised cross design, two triangular hooked tags and other types. [7, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.

Literature

See Read, B., Hooked-Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008, for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 1617

Anglo-Saxon 'Thames' Bronze Hook Fastener Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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