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LOT 1391
Viking Age Fire Steel with Bronze Handle with Horse and Riders
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (27 grams, 66 mm).
Shown addorsed in a stylised openwork design, central suspension loop and iron steel with crescentic profile. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144, item 1.
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LOT 1391
Viking Age Fire Steel with Bronze Handle with Horse and Riders
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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