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LOT 1781

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.

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate XCVIII, for similar examples.

CONDITION

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LOT 1781

Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Patrix Die with God and Drinking Horn

Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)

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