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LOT 1454
Viking Age Silver Lunate Pendant
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (3.62 grams, 29 mm).
Comprising a ribbed suspension loop, surface divided into panels of granule clusters. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an old Munich collection.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XLV, item 3.
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