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LOT 1436
Viking Age Plundered Gold Abbasid Dinar Coin Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.43 grams, 24 mm).
Formed from an Abbasid caliphate dinar coin with ribbed suspension loop above.
Provenance
Private collection, London, UK; formed 1970s-1980s.
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