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LOT 1232
Viking Age Silver Axe Amulet
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.2 grams, 18 mm).
A silver amulet formed as a twibill double-bladed axehead. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
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