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LOT 1776
Viking Age Silver Cross Pendant
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (4.79 grams, 39 mm).
Cross pommee with three raised lobes to each finial, integral suspension ring. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from a West Sussex collection formed in the 1970s-1990s.
Ex Buckinghamshire, UK, collection.
Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.1.6-e, for type.
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