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LOT 1891
Viking Whetstone Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (16.9 grams, 69 mm).
Square-section bar of tapering profile with hole at the broad end, wire loop and three small amuletic beads. [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.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.108.
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