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LOT 1351
Large Viking Age Bronze Penannular Brooch
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (70 grams, 82 mm).
The body hexagonal in cross-section, facetted terminals and free-running tongue, punched ring-and-dot motifs and dense panels of annulets in three zones around the body. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1921,1101.200, for similar.
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