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LOT 1532
Viking Age Bronze Pendant with Cross
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.2 grams, 26 mm).
With four voids forming the cross-potent motif to the centre, pierced lug suspension. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s.
From the private collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LVIII (19).
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