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LOT 1721
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.
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LOT 1721
Saxon Silver-Gilt Mount
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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