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Viking Age Gilt Bronze Boar's Head Brooch Viking Age Gilt Bronze Boar's Head Brooch Viking Age Gilt Bronze Boar's Head Brooch Viking Age Gilt Bronze Boar's Head Brooch Viking Age Gilt Bronze Boar's Head Brooch Viking Age Gilt Bronze Boar's Head Brooch
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LOT 0327

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.

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, items 3.17, 318.

CONDITION
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LOT 0327

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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