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LOT 0370
Viking Age Gold Pendant with Face
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (6.03 grams, 40 mm).
Discoid with repoussé mask within a segmented border, integral loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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