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LOT 0360
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Mount on Leather Strap Section
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.84 grams, 34 mm).
Modelled in the half-round, profile figure with drinking horn, attached to a fragment of leather strap.
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. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LXXXII, for similar examples.
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LOT 0360
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Mount on Leather Strap Section
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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A hacked irregular piece of gold ingot, probably melted down loot creating a monetised piece of 'Hack' for Viking trade. 3.33 grams, 20 mm
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Scandinavian Viking Jellinge Style Bronze Oval Brooch Set
9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Comprising: two elliptical bronze tortoise brooches, each domed with low-relief ornament of an interlaced panel, wide flange with bead detailing; catch, pin-hinge and pendant attachment bar to the reverse; three swags of graduated beads (restrung) - long tubular corrugated beads in pearlescent white flanking individual black seed beads, with spacer bar and wire coils to each end. 149 grams total, 7.7-20 cm
From 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. -
Viking Period Bronze Horseman Appliqué
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Convex in section with hollow reverse, rider with one hand gripping the horse's mane and the other on its rump; Finno-Ugrian type. 14.91 grams, 60 mm
From 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.
