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LOT 0348
Pre-Viking Gold Bracteate Pendant with Entwined Beast
LATE 5TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.24 grams, 28 mm).
Of Type D, with fragmentary applied beaded wire border and ribbed suspension loop; the repoussé design a zoomorph with the body formed from looped tendrils; the head beneath the loop with C-shaped left-facing head outlined with pellets, crossbar and eye.
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Orsett, Essex, UK, in 2015.
Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with reference no.ESS-4FF212.
Disclaimed as treasure with reference number 2015 T471.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.200403.
Cf. Behr, C., New Bracteate Finds from Early Anglo-Saxon England, Medieval Archaeology, vol.54; cf. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id. IOW-125794 and KENT-0163F3, for other type D examples and further discussion.
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LOT 0348
Pre-Viking Gold Bracteate Pendant with Entwined Beast
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
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9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Featuring hoop composed of overlapping arms, expanded bezel with slender twisted wire strands between larger faux ones. 11.86 grams, 28.57 mm overall, 20.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Age or Earlier Solid Gold Bar Ingot
2nd millennium B.C.-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
Sub-rectangular in plan with rounded ends, with the remains of a spur towards one end indicating the pouring point of the molten metal into the mould. 36.74 grams, 67 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eastchurch, Swale, Kent, UK, on Sunday 1st September 2019. Accompanied by a copy of the report on find of potential Treasure for HM Coroner with reference no.2020 T3. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-B43CF3.
Although listed as Early Medieval (i.e. Viking) in the coroner's report, this ingot could date from as early as the Bronze Age. The gold purity is near to 21 carat with an elemental breakdown of: Au 87.9, Ag 11.1, Sn 0.2 and traces of other elements. -
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Viking Age Bronze Openwork Ring
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Composed of an expanded bezel decorated with circlets and triangles; part of hoop absent. 3.81 grams, 22.11 mm overall, 18.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
London art market before 2000. Property of an Essex gentleman.
