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LOT 1457
Large Viking Period Decorated Bronze Armlet
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (215 grams, 10.3 cm).
Of penannular form, with raised perimeters to both faces and bifacial punched geometric motifs, including to the side edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1852,0329.194, for similar identified as Latgalian.
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