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LOT 1724
Viking Age Silver Bar and Hammer Group
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 3/8 in. (21.2 grams total, 12-36 mm).
Hack-silver comprising flat-section bar fragments, square-section ingot fragments; miniature hammer pendant with three stamped pelletted triangles. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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