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LOT 1205
Viking Age Twisted Silver Ring
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (6.70 grams, 28.12 mm overall, 20.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
With a tapering hoop composed of twisted rods hammered at the base.
ProvenanceEx North American private collection.
Acquired privately on the European art market in the 1990s.
Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
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