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LOT 1567
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Ring
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (1.76 grams, 29 mm).
A slender shank with the ends twisted together, lozengiform plaque with punched ring-and-dot and bowtie motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Wold, Norfolk, UK.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.111(6), for type.
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