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LOT 1522
Large Viking Age Bronze Decorated Penannular Brooch
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (62.5 grams, 76 mm).
Composed of a facetted hoop with facetted terminals, stamped ring-and-dot ornament to each face, slender bands of pellets to the body, free-running pin with coiled head and facetted stem. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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