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LOT 0959

Sold for (Inc. bp): £29,760

VIKING GOLD PLAITED BRACELET WITH ORNAMENTED TERMINALS
9TH-11TH CENTURY AD
3 1/4" (80 grams, 81mm).

A large heavy gold bracelet formed as a penannular shank of plaited rods, splayed terminals with punched ornament, each punchmark a triangle with a pellet to each angle.

PROVENANCE:
Property of a West Yorkshire lady; from the private collection of John Moor, Brigantia Antiquities, York, UK; acquired in the 1960s.

FOOTNOTES:
Supplied with a positive Oxford X-Ray Fluorescence certificate number 00424-2013VJ, and Certificate of Authenticity number 10477 signed by Paul Moor.

CONDITION