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LOT 2041
Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bar Bracelet
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (30.9 grams, 60 mm).
Two rods tightly twisted and curved into a penannular shape, hammered into a rectangular-section crescent and tapered towards the ends. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Arundel, East Sussex, UK, private collection, 1970s-2000.
LiteratureCf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XCI (18), for type.
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