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LOT 1219
Viking Age Omega-Shaped Brooch
CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (12.6 grams, 61 mm).
A Viking-inspired bronze Mordvinian omega-shaped brooch composed of a round-section penannular hoop, trapezoidal plates with granulation and free-running pin with coiled attachment loop. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Literature
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XLIV, item 11.
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