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LOT 1432
Viking Age Bronze Mount Collection
8TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (11.8 grams total, 14-30 mm).
Comprising: square mount engraved with a knotted cross, three mounting lugs to reverse; discoid mount with lug to reverse, three bird's heads to front with jewelled eyes; openwork ringed cross; scalloped polygonal mount with leaping beast in low relief, pierced, two mounting lugs to reverse. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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