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LOT 1478
Viking Age Bronze Bracelet with Interlaced Design
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (85 grams, 73 mm).
With raised ribs delimiting the ornamental zones, hollow to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.109(5).
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