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LOT 0298
Saxon Silver-Gilt Pendant with Entwined Beasts
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (3.96 grams, 42 mm).
Flat in section with reeded gilt borders, central knotwork motif; probably a portion of an ornamental mount, with a later applied loop for suspension. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, fig.6(64), for type.
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