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LOT 1238
Viking Period Silver Pin
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (6.3 grams, 12.5 cm).
A silver dress- or hair-pin comprising a tapering round-section stem and conical finial; stem tip absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.169.
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