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LOT 1469
Viking Age Bronze Expandable Ring
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (5.25 grams, 22.88 mm overall, 19.67 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
With broad hoop tapering to round-section extensions forming a coiled continuation of the hoop; Baltic Semigallian type. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Alan Hardcastle.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection since 2015.
Cf. Griciuviene, E., Žiemgaliai. The Semigalians, Vilnius, 2005, item 525.
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