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LOT 1643
Viking Silver Ring with Snakes
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.75 grams, 20.01 mm overall, 17.73 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
With large square plaque, low-relief design of serpents entwined on a pounced field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.111(4), for type.
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