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LOT 1439
Viking Age Bronze Bridle Cheek-Piece
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (15.8 grams, 47 mm).
With suspension loop and curved bar with Ringerike Style beast-head terminal, incised linear detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Saxmundham, Suffolk, UK, in 2004.
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