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LOT 1741
Viking Age Twisted Bronze Bracelet
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (97.9 grams, 72 mm).
Formed from three round-section rods twisted around each other; clubbed ends. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
Literature
Cf. twisted bracelets in the Alvara hoard, Öland, Sweden in Hårdh, B., Silver in the Viking Age. A Regional-Economic Study, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia, no.25, Stockholm, 1996, p.159.
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