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LOT 1481
Viking Age Silver Stamp Decorated Bracelet
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (27.6 grams, 65 mm).
Comprising a tapering C-section body with convex outer and concave inner faces, zones of dense punched pellets, triangles, annulets and lozenges over the surface forming a coherent symmetrical scheme. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.169(6); Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari I, Helsinki, 1982, pl.90 (3759).
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