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LOT 1480
Viking Age Iron Inlaid Ring-Pin
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (40.2 grams, 15 cm).
With circumferential bands of silver inlay and gilt detailing; free-running ring with similar inlay. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. similar dress-pin in the British Museum, London, under accession number 1891,1021.101.
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