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Viking Age Bronze Penannular Brooch with Dragon's Heads Viking Age Bronze Penannular Brooch with Dragon's Heads Viking Age Bronze Penannular Brooch with Dragon's Heads
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LOT 1625

Viking Age Bronze Penannular Brooch with Dragon's Heads

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/4 in. (29 grams, 58 mm).

Twisted hoop with addorsed horse-head finials, round-section pin. [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.

Literature

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.52, 54.

CONDITION
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LOT 1625

Viking Age Bronze Penannular Brooch with Dragon's Heads

Sold for (Inc. bp): £442

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