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LOT 1342
Viking Age Bronze Artefact Collection
6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 1 7/8 in. (34.4 grams total, 34-46 mm).
Comprising a gilt equal-arm brooch with chased faces, remains of pin-lug and catchplate to reverse; Norman dagger chape formed as opposed beasts; quatrefoil mount with domed ovals at the centre of to beast heads. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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