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LOT 1606
Viking Age Decorated Silver Bracelet
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (33 grams, 71 mm).
Rectangular-section bar of penannular form with reversed coil finials; incised blocks and saltires with punched-point detailing and hatching. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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