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LOT 1530
Saxon Decorated Bronze Pin
6TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (2.6 grams, 62 mm).
Punched ring-and-dot motifs to two faces of the facetted head. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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