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LOT 1721

Estimate
GBP (£) 100 - 140
EUR (€) 120 - 160
USD ($) 130 - 190

SAXON SILVER-GILT MOUNT
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.2 grams, 17 mm).

Discoid mount fragment with punched triangles to the rim, gilded Style I motif to the tondo, short stud to the reverse.

PROVENANCE:
From continental Europe.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s-1990s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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