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LOT 1759
Viking Age Silver Torc Section with Axehead Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (6.27 grams, 65 mm).
Curved flat-section fragment with hatched edges and incised bilinear running zigzag motif, pierced to accept a suspension ring with miniature axehead dangle bearing a ring-and-dot motif and hatched borders. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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LOT 1759
Viking Age Silver Torc Section with Axehead Pendant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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