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LOT 1257
Viking Period Silver Hair Braid Ring
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (8.16 grams, 15 mm).
A silver hair ring of coiled form, composed of a roughly round-section body with tapering, rounded terminals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
See Griciuviene, E., Žiemgaliai. The Semigalians, Vilnius, 2005 p.184.
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