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LOT 1740
Viking Bronze Pseudo Interlaced Ring
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.70 grams, 23.81 mm overall, 19.34 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
With thick braided bezel of three wires, flat butted reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXXVII, item 14, for type.
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