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