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LOT 1673
Viking Period Silver Penannular Brooch Pair
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.17 grams total, 24-25 mm).
Matched pair, each a twisted hoop with addorsed coil finials, round-section pin. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.52, 54.
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