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LOT 1706
Viking Bronze Trade Weight
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.34 grams, 25 mm).
Plano-convex in section and lentoid in plan with herringbone detailing to obverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near York, Yorkshire, UK, in 2007.
From an old Yorkshire, UK, collection.
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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