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LOT 1634

Viking Age Silver Earring with Bead

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (0.97 grams, 17 mm).

The carinated silver hoop with one flattened and pierced terminal and one coiled; free-running gold-in-glass bead. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.

CONDITION

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LOT 1634

Viking Age Silver Earring with Bead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

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