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LOT 1492
Viking Age Silver Ring with Stamped Design
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.40 grams, 23.96 mm overall, 20.32 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
Scaphoid plaque with extension coiled about the shank, punched square. pellet and arch motifs forming an undulating design. [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(11).
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