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LOT 1737

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. [No Reserve]

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 1737

Saxon Silver-Gilt Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

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