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Back to previous page8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (10.2 grams, 46 mm).
Lozengiform in profile with voids in the spandrels and central cross with pelta finial, overlapping scaled developing to scrolls, applied stud at the central junction; lateral lugs pierced to accept connecting chains; vesica-shaped leaves to the base above bulbous junction with the pin (absent). [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found near Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Accompanied by a copy of UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) report no.57990.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 184, for full set.
FOOTNOTES:
Dress pins of this type were worn in sets of three connected with chains or thongs.