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Viking Bronze Ring with Meandering Serpent Viking Bronze Ring with Meandering Serpent Viking Bronze Ring with Meandering Serpent
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LOT 1901

Viking Bronze Ring with Meandering Serpent

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (1.85 grams, 22.46 mm overall, 20.52 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).

With a flat-section hoop expanding at the bezel, decorated with a large winding serpent with scale decoration. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From an English collection formed before 2000.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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LOT 1901

Viking Bronze Ring with Meandering Serpent

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

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