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LOT 1488
Viking Age Bronze Strap End
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (9.4 grams, 44 mm).
With pelletted border, reserved scroll decoration, lobe finial and transverse collar at the broad end; remains of three attachment pins to the reverse; Baltic. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an old Munich collection.
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