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LOT 0361
Viking Age Gilt Bronze Boar's Head Brooch
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (37 grams, 48 mm).
Retaining an articulate pin to reverse and geometric detailing to each face.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, items 3.17, 318.
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LOT 0361
Viking Age Gilt Bronze Boar's Head Brooch
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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