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LOT 1514
Viking Age Bronze and Lead Artefact Group
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 1/4 in. (18.6 grams total, 21-32 mm).
Comprising: a thumb ring with overlapping arms and lozenge cross-section; a lead trade weight for precious metals bearing pellet motifs to one face; a clothes fitting or other object with two discoid faces joined by an arm, each face displaying a central dome. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx DRG Coins and Antiquities, Essex, UK.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
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Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch with Ravens
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Opening Bid: £400
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From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
The silvery appearance of the brooch is probably due to a high proportion of tin in the bronze alloy. -
Viking Age Iron Key
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From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
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Composed of a ring and two free-moving foliate style openwork hubs. 24.2 grams, 74 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.