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LOT 1462
Viking Plundered Silver Coin Pendant
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.03 grams, 32 mm).
Made from an early medieval silver coin with applied suspension loop to the border. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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