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Lot 1036
Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Serpent Spacer Bead 8th-9th century AD. A coiled flat-section band with diagonally ridged outer face, profile serpent-head with three annulets behind, tapered tail. 3.40 grams 18mm (3/4"). Found Ringstead, Norfolk, UK. Cf. profile serpent-heads on 8th century artefacts such as the Coppergate Helmet (Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 47) and the St. Ninian's Isle scabbard fittings (ibid., item 178a,b"). Very fine condition. Rare.
Lot 1039
Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Wolf's Head Strap End 8th-9th century AD. A cast strap fitting comprising a trapezoidal plaque with rectangular slot at the broad end; the outer face with a stylised wolf's head modelled in the half-round, the jaws open with a rounded lug in the mouth, pierced to accept a suspension ring; circular socket to the reverse. 8.74 grams, 28mm (1"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. Cf. beast-head fittings on the helmet from Coppergate, York, published in Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 47. Fine condition.
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