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LOT 1570

Viking Age Silver 'Hack Money' Bar Ingot Group

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 - 2 1/8 in. (38.9 grams total, 17-55 mm).

Rectangular in section, irregular; one with punched triangular stamps. [4, No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Spink and Sons, London, UK.
Ex Nigel Mills, London, UK, 2014.

Literature

See Hårdh, B., Silver in the Viking Age. A Regional-Economic Study, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia no.25, Stockholm, 1996.

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LOT 1570

Viking Age Silver 'Hack Money' Bar Ingot Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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    Ex Spink and Sons, London, UK. Ex Nigel Mills, London, UK, 2014.

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