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LOT 1760
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Plundered Gaming King Piece
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (24.7 grams, 20 mm).
Domed bronze stud with traces of gilding and enamel, silver stud at apex; embedded in a circular block of lead to form a trade weight or gaming piece; two silver discs (or ends of a silver loop) to the underside. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Suffolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-C85DE6.
Literature
Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.14-j, for type.
Footnotes
Trade weights and gaming pieces in Anglo-Scandinavian culture were often formed by taking a small and finely-made pre-existing item and embedding it into a lead matrix. The effect of this practice has been to preserve smaller pieces which would otherwise not have survived.
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LOT 1760
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Plundered Gaming King Piece
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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