Description: Essex Coins Auctions, Coins & Antiquities Auction, May 2023, Lot no. 49 A charming robust little bell. Thankfully still intact and with suspension loop attached. Well made conical design with symmetrical triangular slots for sound and/or decoration. Perhaps unique. No clapper - unsure if intended to have one but it seems likely and is likely to have of a metal that has rusted away as is usual for these intriguing bells of this mysterious period.. Lot description from Essex Coin Auctions: "Late Roman / Anglo-Saxon Bell. Circa 4th-10th century AD. Copper-alloy, 24 x 24 mm. Conical in form with a stepped skirt around the base. The body has four triangular piercings and a robust suspension loop at the top. Ref: Schoenfelder, M. and Richards, J.D., 201 1" Norse bells: a Scandinavian colonial artefact. Hamerow, H. Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History Oxford University School of Archaeology: Oxford.
Price: 65 GBP
Location: Chalfont St. Giles
End Time: 2025-01-24T23:34:05.000Z
Shipping Cost: 23.29 GBP
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Antique: Yes
Type: Bell
Original/Repro: Original
Material: Copper alloy
Country/Region: United Kingdom
Unit Quantity: 1
Age: Late Roman/Early Anglo-Saxon
