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LOT 1414
Viking Age Iron Key Pair
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 - 6 1/2 in. (55 grams total, 14.5-16.5 cm).
Comprising: one with perpendicular discoid foot and cruciform void; one with cranked foot and three lateral wards. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx DRG Coins and Antiquities 2009-2011.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, plate 108.
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