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LOT 1484

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

VIKING AGE SILVER RING WITH SCROLL MOTIF
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.31 grams, 21.87 mm overall, 19.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).

With lozengiform plaque, stud to each angle, hatched border and reserved scroll. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1970s.
From the private collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.111(6).

CONDITION
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