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LOT 1711
Viking Age Bronze Lunar Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.09 grams, 28 mm).
Crescentic in profile with imitation filigree and granulation to the obverse, pierced suspension lug. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old English collection, 1990s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.98(13).
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