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LOT 1663
Viking Age Twisted Bronze Bracelet
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (42.1 grams, 66 mm).
Comprising thick twisted rods, and flattened crescent plate finials with punched pellet detailing [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
LiteratureSee Shetelig, H. (ed), Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Part VI, Oslo, 1954, fig.85, for type.
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