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LOT 1549
Viking Age Bronze Animal-Head Mount
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.9 grams, 26 mm).
With wide slot to the upper edge, two ferrous mounting rivets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.91(6), for type.
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