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LOT 1405
Saxon Bronze Dress Pin Group
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 - 3 in. (8.2 grams total, 38-77 mm).
One complete with facetted head punched-decorated with ring-and-dot motifs; bulbous facetted pin head punch-decorated with ring-and-dot motifs, partial remains of stem. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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