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LOT 1375
Viking Age Silver Penannular Brooch
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (6.9 grams, 51 mm).
With projecting square-headed and decorated terminals, free-running pin also decorated on the head, upper face of the body gently carinated. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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