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LOT 1718
Viking Age Silver Axe Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (6.1 grams, 53 mm).
With a hoop with overlapping terminals and coiled wire sleeves; free-running axehead pendant decorated with a single ring-and-dot motif from which radiate rows of pecked lines. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceDorset, UK, collection, 1990s.
Ex property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
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