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LOT 1541
Viking Age Gilt Bronze Mount with Cross and Lobes
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (29.6 grams, 39 mm).
Within a faux ropework roundel, raised ovals in each quarter and central boss. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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