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LOT 1691

Viking Silver Twisted Ring

EARLY 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (8.62 grams, 27.28 mm overall, 18.24 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).

Heavily patinated solid silver ring with thick braided bezel of three wires, flat butted reverse.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXXVII, item 14, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 1691

Viking Silver Twisted Ring

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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