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Large Viking Age Silver Filigree Lunate Pendant Large Viking Age Silver Filigree Lunate Pendant Large Viking Age Silver Filigree Lunate Pendant
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LOT 0346

Large Viking Age Silver Filigree Lunate Pendant

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (7.22 grams, 45 mm).

Decorated with filigree wire borders and a granulated field, truncated conical bosses also adorned with granules, granules forming lozenges to the tubular suspension loop. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

CONDITION
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LOT 0346

Large Viking Age Silver Filigree Lunate Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £845

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