£1,000 - £1,500
Pair of Anglo-Saxon Saucer Brooches. Circa 5th-6th century CE. Bronze with gilded surfaces, each displaying the same style 1, zoomorphic moulded relief decoration that encircles a raised centrepiece. The two brooches had been found individually and years apart, but on the same field and in close proximity. Copper-alloy, 41.6mm, 14g & 41.14mm, 15.52g. Recorded on the PAS database, WILT-91BC1D & WILT-4206BF. Ref: MacGregor and Bolick, A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections, 1993. Ashmolean Museum Oxord.
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