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LOT 1640
Viking Bronze Weight Group
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 in. (110 grams total, 15-23 mm).
Barrel-shaped and domed types with flat faces, irregular forms and damage. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
See Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Graber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.127, items 1-18.
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