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LOT 1250

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

VIKING PERIOD SILVER EXPANDING RING GROUP
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 1/4 in. (13.4 grams total, 29-33 mm).

A group of four silver rings, each composed of a tapering, lentoid-section hoop, arms overlapping and coiling at the bezel. [4]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.112.

CONDITION
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