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LOT 1798
Viking Age Bronze Double Horse Head Buckle
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (4.67 grams, 39 mm).
Central rectangular void with an addorsed horsehead springing from each upper corner, leg from the lower corner; notched mane and running band of zigzags to each neck; pierced for attachment; Baltic type.
ProvenanceEx private Wiltshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
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