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LOT 2148
Viking Age Silver Horse Harness Mount Collection
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 1/8 in. (133 grams total, 22-30 mm).
Including mainly heart-shaped plates with roves to the reverse. [25, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Germany in the early 1980s.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.28, for type.
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LOT 2148
Viking Age Silver Horse Harness Mount Collection
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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