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LOT 1827
Viking Inspired Silver Omega Brooch
MORDVINIAN, 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (15.6 grams, 57 mm).
With pellets and raised borders to the trapezoidal panels. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
LiteratureSee Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl. XLIV, item 11.
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