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LOT 1523

Viking Age Bronze Animal Head Mount

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (8.14 grams, 37 mm).

With bulbous eyes and muzzle, hollow to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.91(6).

CONDITION
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LOT 1523

Viking Age Bronze Animal Head Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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