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AN ANGLO-SAXON SILVER-GILT PIN OR HOOKED-TAG
CIRCA 800 A.D.
The head plate with chip-carved interlaced central ornament framed by two conjoined serpents with spotted bodies, trace of an attachment loop above, front face gilded, pin partially broken away below, 1.1/8 in. (2.7 cm.) high; four Anglo-Saxon bronze tongue-shaped strap-ends with animal-head terminals and Trewhiddle-style animal decoration, one with incised profile animal with head turned back, its terminal missing, 9th-10th Century A.D., 1½ in. (3.7 cm.) long max.; a group of mainly Anglo-Saxon bronze pins, some with globular or faceted heads with concentric dots, mainly 8th-9th Century A.D.; a Romano-Celtic bronze bird, circa 1st Century A.D., 1.1/8 in. (2.7 cm.) long; a Roman silver-gilt 'T'-shaped fibula, the wings and bow decorated with crossed petal pattern, pin missing, 1½ in. (3.7 cm.) long; a bronze square-section needle, 2.1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) long; a later inscribed bronze stamp seal, 1 in. (2.6 cm.) diam.; and a wax document seal, 2.1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) diam. (a lot)
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