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LOT 1243
Viking Age Iron Key
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (24 grams, 97 mm).
With expanded stem and openwork circular bit, pierced pentagonal lug to top. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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