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LOT 1504
Merovingian Silver-Gilt Radiate Disc Brooch Pair
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.02 grams total, 27-28 mm).
Each with a central octofoil pattern and two pairs of opposed bird-headed ribbed arms to the rim, pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse; possibly later gilding. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired before 1980.
Ex property of a London collector.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 58.25, with six heads to the rim.
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