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LOT 1689
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Beast Facing Back Brooch
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (6.71 grams, 29 mm).
Disc brooch with low-relief regardant beast motif within a segmented border; loop to the reverse.
ProvenanceFound Costessey, Norfolk, UK.
Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with report no.NMS-AAD19D.
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, plate 96(3).
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LOT 1689
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Beast Facing Back Brooch
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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