LOT 2805 Anglo-Saxon Brooch with Expanding Cross
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11th century AD. A large lead brooch decorated to the upper surface with a concentric series of pellets within ridged borders; to the inner zone an expanding cross with bar-and-pellet decoration between the arms; catchplate and ring to the reverse. Cf. for expanding arm coins Backhouse, J. Turner, D.H. & Webster, L. The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art 966-1066, London, 1984, p.184, figs.227-8. 24 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). From an old English collection; found UK. The brooch is probably a nummular type, derived from the expanding-arm cross coinage issued by Edward the Confessor (fl.1042-66"). [No Reserve]
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