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LOT 1425
Viking Age Silver Ring with Scrolls
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.32 grams, 22.68 mm overall, 19.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2 , USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
Lozengiform bezel with stud to each angle, incised hatched design. [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(9), for type.
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