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LOT 1686
Viking Age Lead Gaming Piece
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (10.5 grams, 19 mm).
Hollow-formed and pyramidal in profile with open underside. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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