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LOT 0356
Scandinavian Viking Decorated Silver Currency Bar
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
4 7/8 in. (117 grams, 12.5 cm).
D-section ingot with one flattened end, punched rosettes and multiple test nicks.
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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