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LOT 1775

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

GERMANIC SILVER-GILT BEAST FACING BACK MOUNT
6TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (3.39 grams, 16 mm).

Square in plan with carinated border and high-relief regardant beast figure. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an East Anglia private collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Herzog, R. & Koller, A., Die Alamannen, Stuttgart, 1997, item 464, for type.

CONDITION
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