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LOT 0323
Viking Orpgard Type Bronze Bracelet
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (84.1 grams, 79 mm).
Broad and penannular in profile with raised ribbing to the outer face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.109, item 9a-c.
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