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LOT 1420
Viking Age Stamped Silver Bar Group
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 2 3/8 in. (24.7 grams total, 34-59 mm).
One rectangular in section and punch-decorated with tessellating pellets-in-triangles; one tapering with carinated side edges, displaying a single column of punch-decorated pellets-in-triangles. [2]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
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