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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.

Provenance

Found Costessey, Norfolk, UK.

Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with report no.NMS-AAD19D.

Literature

Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, plate 96(3).

CONDITION

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LOT 1689

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Beast Facing Back Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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