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LOT 1451
Viking Bronze Ring Brooch with Amulets
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.2 grams, 22 mm).
The round-bodied brooch with articulate flat-section tongue, adorned with three free-running flat-section rings, a decorated sheet-gold axe-head ornament attached to the central ring. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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