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LOT 1400
Merovingian Period Twisted Silver Bracelet
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (9.8 grams, 77 mm).
Formed with a decoratively twisted square-section bar tapering to round-section arms, one terminating with loop and granule, the other a conical knop. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex property of a London collector.
Literature
See Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, p.359.
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LOT 1400
Merovingian Period Twisted Silver Bracelet
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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