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Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bracelet with Flattened Terminals Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bracelet with Flattened Terminals Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bracelet with Flattened Terminals
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LOT 1647

Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bracelet with Flattened Terminals

9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

2 5/8 in. (54 grams, 66 mm).

Two rods tightly twisted and curved into a penannular shape with tapering finials, the bracelet hammered flat on one side. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Sussex, UK, private collection; acquired 1980s-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Shetelig, H. (ed), Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Part VI, Oslo, 1954, figs.84-85 (hoards from Croydon and Cuerdale).

CONDITION
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LOT 1647

Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bracelet with Flattened Terminals

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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