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LOT 1536
Viking Inspired Silver Omega-Shaped Penannular Brooch
CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (11.08 grams, 56 mm).
Mordvinian type with scrolled tendrils reserved against a hatched field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XLIV, item 11.
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