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LOT 1198
Late Anglo-Saxon Strap End with Dragons
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (12.4 grams, 37 mm).
A bronze tag with openwork design of two addorsed beasts rising from a transverse base with stepped panel below and three holes to accept rivets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
LiteratureCf. Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 2, Finds Research Group datasheet 33, Sleaford, 2007, item 32, for type.
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