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LOT 1236
Viking Age Silver Axe Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (2.78 grams, 37 mm).
A silver pendant composed of a tapering lozenge-section hoop with overlapping arms and coiled terminals, suspending an axehead pendant. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
UK private collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
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