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LOT 1866
Viking Decorated Bronze Axehead Section
9TH-EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (56.4 grams, 56 mm).
Amuletic pendant shaped as an axeblade, design with ropework and hatched borders, Side A: incised '[B] 13' and zigzag panel; Side B: ring-and-dot motifs, undulating lines, 'DJ(?)'.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
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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