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LOT 1404
Medieval and Later Bronze Buckle Collection
14TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 2 3/4 in. (474 grams total, 12-71 mm).
Including double-frame, shoe-buckle, scrolled and other types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. [74, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Literature
See Bailey, G., Detector Finds, Witham, 1999, pp.4-12.
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