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LOT 1601
Scandinavian Viking Bronze Ring-Headed Dress Pin
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (4.98 grams, 65 mm).
Stem with roughly round-section lower body and rectangular-section upper body with penannular loop, a free-running ring suspended from the hoop with a biconvex outer wall and hatched decoration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, acquired in the 2000s.
Property of an English gentleman.
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