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LOT 1438
Viking Bronze Casket Key
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (8.7 grams, 53 mm).
Composed of an openwork bow, flat-section shank, voided trapezoid and T-shaped bit. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari I, Helsinki, 1982, p.66; Luistari II The Artefacts, Helsinki, 1982, pl.105 (24.4118).
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