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LOT 1650
Viking Silver King Aethelred Coin Pendant
LATE 10TH-EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.28 grams, 27.6 mm).
A silver coin pierced to accept a bronze suspension loop, with second piercing; Long Cross Type, bare-headed bust left, voided long cross verso. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
B.M.C IVa, S.C.B.C. 1151.
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