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LOT 1756
Massive Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Terminal
6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (28.3 grams, 57 mm).
Fragment from the foot with trapezoidal plain panel, lateral avian heads and pelta-shaped panel of Style I zoomorphs; remains of catch rib to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 12.39, for type;
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LOT 1756
Massive Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Terminal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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