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LOT 1658
Pre-Viking Bronze Ring with Thor's Hammer and Beads
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (6.24 grams, 43.83 mm overall, 14.52 x 9.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F, USA 2 3/4, Europe 3.67, Japan 3)).
Suspension loop with four spherical glass beads and a miniature hammer with a braided loop. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.104(4).
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