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LOT 1225
Viking Period Pennanular Brooch Collection
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 2 5/8 in. (124 grams, 46-67 mm).
A mixed group of bronze penannular brooches: one with polyhedral finials; one with domed square finials; one with everted dragon-head finials. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.52, 54.
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