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LOT 1240
Viking Age Bronze Comb Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (23.2 grams, 53 mm).
With segmented teeth to the edges of the lentoid plaque; ring-and-dot detailing, suspension loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired early 2000s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CVI (4).
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