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LOT 1721
Viking Silver Bead and Hacked Bar Group
8TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (9.2 grams total, 16-17 mm).
Comprising: a fusiform bead with ribbed outer surface; roughly cut segment of a silver ingot often called 'hack silver'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
LiteratureSee Hårdh, B., Silver in the Viking Age. A Regional-Economic Study, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia, no.25, Stockholm, 1996, for discussion.
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