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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.

CONDITION

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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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