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LOT 1560
Viking Age Bronze Ring Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3/4 - 1 in. (5.6 grams total, 18-25 mm).
Comprising: one complete ring with faux-twisted bezel; one fragmentary ring bezel with openwork design. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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