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LOT 1490
Viking Age Bronze Purse Fitting
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (45 grams, 10.8 cm).
Crescentic in plan with a triangular cross-section, both faces displaying panels of lozenges, each with a punched annulet to centre; piercing to one arm. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a 1970s collection.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection, since 2017.
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