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LOT 1781
Viking Period Bronze Annular Brooch
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (37 grams, 67 mm).
The ring carinated with T-shaped spur split at the inner edge, pin curled around the shank. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From N.S. Wales, Australia.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.15, 21, 30, 31; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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