Of Class A, Type 8, with low-relief zoomorphic detailing to the plaque, three holes for attachment, shallow ledge to the reverse; Anglo-Scandinavian. 29.5 grams, 57 mm

Found Humberside, UK.

Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, items 130, 133.

Or fitting with openwork head, multiple bestial heads and forms to the body, the body divided into two towards the terminal and a rivet between. 16.2 grams, 70 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Displaying pellets and a dense geometric scheme, likely a zoomorphic representation; remains of pin. 24.5 grams, 51 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Of conical form with occluded piercing to apex and hatching around base, the finial with addorsed animal heads. 22 grams, 3.7 cm

UK private collection formed before 2000.
Ex North London, UK, gallery.

Composed of a tapering pin, beast head neck and polygonal head engraved with a boat occupied by a central figure and two horse's heads facing outwards; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 70 grams total, 13 cm high including stand

Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.

A similar design can be seen on the Tjonehoj brooch, Denmark.

Formed from an Abbasid caliphate dinar coin with ribbed suspension loop above. 4.43 grams, 24 mm

Private collection, London, UK; formed 1970s-1980s.

Rectangular in form inlaid with wavy lines to both faces. 214 grams, 40 mm

Cambridgeshire collection, 1990s.

Composed of an openwork bow, flat-section shank, voided trapezoid and T-shaped bit. 8.7 grams, 53 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Cf. Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari I, Helsinki, 1982, p.66; Luistari II The Artefacts, Helsinki, 1982, pl.105 (24.4118).

Octagonal in shape displaying two silver inlaid crosses and letters 'Γ A', each inlay traced with dimples. 63 grams, 3 cm

Acquired at a London antiquities fair in the 1990s.

A Samanid period dirham coin with inscriptions each side, with Viking loop added for use as a pendant. 3.71 grams, 37 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Adorned with granule clusters to the sidewall and a granulated cross to convex base. 1.40 grams, 14 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

See Khrapunov, I. & Stylegar, F.A., Inter Ambo Maria, Contacts between Scandinavia and the Crimea in the Roman Period; Бажан И, А., Каргапольцев С, Ю, 1989, Об одной категории украшений-амулетов римского времени в Восточной Европе, СА, No.3; also see Meaney, A., Anglo-Saxon Amulets and Curing Stones, Oxford, BAR British Series 96, 1981, p.166-168, for discussion of the type.

Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages.

Comprising: openwork cruciform, knot and regardant beast motifs, together with a discoid pendant with raised scrolled crescents, a vegetal design and sun whorl; each with suspension loop. 35 grams total, 24-39 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.