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LOT 1256
Viking Age Silver Trade Bar Ingot
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (1.58 grams, 27 mm).
Shaped as a rectangular bar with rounded ends, hammered flat creating a ribbed pattern. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired late 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2012.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
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