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LOT 1746
Saxon Bronze Buckle and Plate with Iron Pin
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (21.55 grams, 72 mm).
Comprising a rectangular plate with repoussé silver guilloche panel to the centre and two mounting studs to the reverse; short ferrous pin with mineralised textile to the both faces; flat loop with applied silver panel; Marzinzik's Type II.15a; old collector's legend to reverse 'Nr. Melton Mowbray, Leics'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market in 2010.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Literature
Cf. Marzinzik, S., Early Anglo-Saxon Belt Buckles (Late 5th to 8th centuries AD.), BAR British Series 357, Oxford, 2003, pl.86(3).
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