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LOT 1661
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Patrix Die with God and Drinking Horn
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (7.62 grams, 37 mm).
Modelled in the half-round, advancing figure with bent legs and holding a drinking horn.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate XCVIII, for similar examples.
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LOT 1661
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Patrix Die with God and Drinking Horn
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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