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LOT 1360

Viking Age Bronze Artefact Collection

9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 - 1 7/8 in. (32.9 grams total, 23-47 mm).

Comprising: an ovoid pendant with openwork centre and simple decoration; mount with rectangular headplate, bow and foot, with four piercings; lunar pendant with geometric ornament and beast head terminals; belt fitting with rectangular slot and scooped sides, zoomorphic ornament; carinated ring suspending a smaller penannular ring. [5, No Reserve]

Provenance

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

CONDITION

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LOT 1360

Viking Age Bronze Artefact Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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