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LOT 1213
Viking Age Hack Silver Bar
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (6.81 grams, 35 mm).
An irregular rectangular-section silver bar with roughly cut ends.
Provenance
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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