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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]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.

CONDITION

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LOT 1451

Viking Bronze Ring Brooch with Amulets

Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

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