Pre-Viking Gold Bracteate Pendant with Entwined Beast

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0940

Pre-Viking Gold Bracteate Pendant with Entwined Beast

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,216

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