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LOT 1482
Viking Age Iron Fire Steel
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (23 grams, 61 mm).
Comprising an openwork handle formed from slender entwined bars. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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