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LOT 1435
Viking Age Silver and Other Pendant Collection
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 1/4 in. (16 grams total, 23-31 mm).
Comprising: two with voids and median arrowhead; one with void and lobe; one with central boss, punched; one a dirham. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LVIII (19), for type.
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