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LOT 1499
Large Viking Age Heavy Bronze Penannular Brooch
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (94.5 grams, 87 mm).
With facetted terminals displaying decorative pecking to the perimeters, facetted hexagonal brooch body with shallow dimpled ornament, free-running pin with coiled head and shallow plain-line borders. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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