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LOT 1377
Viking Age Bronze Lobed Cross Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (10.9 grams, 44 mm).
Cruciform in plan with lobe to end of each arm, inlaid pellet and ring to each arm and pellet to the centre; reinforcing cross to the reverse; pierced for suspension. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.1.6-e.
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