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LOT 0940
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,216
PRE-VIKING GOLD BRACTEATE PENDANT WITH ENTWINED BEAST
LATE 5TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY AD
1" (2.26 grams, 28mm).
LATE 5TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY AD
1" (2.26 grams, 28mm).
A gold discoid bracteate pendant of Type D with fragmentary applied beaded wire border and ribbed suspension loop; the repoussé design a zoomorph with the body formed from looped tendrils; the head beneath the loop with C-shaped left-facing head outlined with pellets, crossbar and eye.
PROVENANCE:
Found near Orsett, Essex, 2015. An extremely rare English find.
PUBLISHED:
Disclaimed under the Treasure Act, reference number 2015 T471.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Behr, C. New Bracteate Finds from Early Anglo-Saxon England, Medieval Archaeology, vol.54.
FOOTNOTES:
Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference number ESS-4FF2124; accompanied by a print out of the PAS report.
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