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LOT 1393
Large Viking Age Bronze Twisted Torc
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/4 in. (457 grams, 23.5 cm).
Comprising overlapping arms and loop terminals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, p.309, item 32; see Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, LXI, 32; XCII, 19, for similar items.
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