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LOT 1496
Viking Age Bronze Dagger Pommel with Expanding Cross
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (21.7 grams, 20 mm).
The side faces with geometric motifs, attachment lug to one face; pommel with facetted body. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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