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LOT 1550
Viking Inspired Bronze Omega-Shaped Penannular Brooch
CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (8.68 grams, 53 mm).
Of Mordvingian type; with a free-running pin and shallow engraved motifs to the plaques. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London private collection, acquired 2006.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, p.292.
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