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LOT 1174
Viking Age Silver Ring with Filigree Decoration
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.36 grams, 20.63 mm overall, 16.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
With flat-section hoop and tiered rims of applied beaded wire, applied granules to the median field. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.111(8), for type.
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