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LOT 1883
Viking Stone and Bronze Spindle Whorl Collection
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 in. (61.2 grams total, 19-25 mm).
Barrel-shaped and biconvex types, one with shallow notches to the equator, the last example made from bronze. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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.
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