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LOT 1443
Viking Age Iron Snaffle Horse Bit
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/2 in. (248 grams, 21.5 cm).
Articulated in the middle, with lateral bars and loop to each outer end. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old Australian collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.33(2), for type.
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