£170
Anglo Saxon cruciform brooch. Circa 6th century CE. Type 3.2.1 "Londesborough type". An impressive example decorated with punched crscents and annulets. The head-plate has a panel missing but retains the top and side knop. Both the lappets and terminal are in the form of stylised animal heads. The lappets each having a bird-like head with curled beaks and the foot plate/ terminal is a horse head with flared nostrils. Ref: T. F. Martin, The Cruciform Brooch and Anglo-Saxon England. p.48-49, fig.20. From an old English collection.
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