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LOT 1649
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Gold Bead
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (1.99 grams, 14 mm).
Spherical with beaded collar to each opening.
Provenance
From 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.
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