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LOT 1651
Scandinavian Viking 'Hoard' of Hacked Silver Jewellery and Coins
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 2 1/2 in. (158 grams total, 6.5-63 mm).
An assembled collection of silver items including: hacked ingot fragments; complete and cut dirhem coins; one end of an ansate brooch with applied figure; braided wire shank; looped end of a drop handle and other items. [70+]
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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LOT 1651
Scandinavian Viking 'Hoard' of Hacked Silver Jewellery and Coins
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
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