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LOT 1739
Viking Period Bronze and Silver Artefact Collection
8TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 3/8 in. (4.46 grams total, 19-37 mm).
Comprising: silver wire finger ring; silver wire loop with lozenge pendant, impressed cross potent; wire earring with two seed beads. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
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