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LOT 1666
Hiberno-Norse Gold Filigree Bead
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1/4 in. (0.74 grams, 8 mm).
Oblate in profile with eight radiating cones each tipped with a granule, filigree collar to each cone and applied filigree trail to the equator.
Provenance
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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