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LOT 1758
Late Anglo-Saxon Bronze Strap End
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (28 grams, 63 mm).
Sub-triangular in plan with waisted profile, openwork centre with coiled tendrils, knop finial; plate to rear with attachment studs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK, January 1991.
From the collection of a gentleman from the South West of England, his collection established from the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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