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LOT 1262
Viking Age Silver-Gilt Artefact Group
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 2 in. (7.19 grams total, 25-52 mm).
Comprising: a slender mount with single piercing, possibly representing Hercules' club; implement finial with figure standing holding a book and staff, possibly Saint Peter, suspension loop to top of head. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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