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LOT 1764
Viking Age Bronze Interlaced Serpent Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (13.8 grams, 45 mm).
Openwork formed as an interlaced body of a slender serpent, head with incised details, some ribbed decoration to the body; suspension loop to the top. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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