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LOT 1436

Late Anglo-Saxon 'The Rodings' Bronze Disc Brooch with Regardant Beast

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (9.7 grams, 30 mm).

Comprising a flat-section disc with reserved regardant beast within a pelletted border, pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found The Rodings, Essex, UK.

Literature

Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, fig.15, item 6.

CONDITION

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LOT 1436

Late Anglo-Saxon 'The Rodings' Bronze Disc Brooch with Regardant Beast

Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

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