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LOT 1582
Viking Age Silver 'Hoard' Group
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 2 in. (42.8 grams total, 9-53 mm).
Comprising: two dome-headed dress pins; three pieces of hack-silver ingot; five miniature axeheads; a mitre-shaped finger ring; and other items. [15]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1582
Viking Age Silver 'Hoard' Group
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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