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LOT 1723
Viking Age Bronze Coiled Ring Pair
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (15.7 grams total, 22 mm each).
Each a scaphoid plaque with extensions coiled to form a finger ring. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Literature
Cf. Griciuviene, E., Seliai. The Selonians, Vilnius, 2007, item 701, for type.
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