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LOT 0405
Hiberno-Saxon Gilt Bronze Buckle Plate
8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (6.62 grams, 34 mm).
Rectangular in plan with hinge knuckle to one short end; ropework outer edges and raised saltires, on a field of chip-carved triskeles and other motifs; low socket to reverse.
ProvenanceFound North Yorkshire, UK.
FootnotesThe style of decoration is typical of Hiberno-Saxon metalwork associated with the influence of Irish missionaries in England.
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