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LOT 1649
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Gold Bead
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (1.99 grams, 14 mm).
Spherical with beaded collar to each opening.
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.
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Scandinavian Silver Bowl with Embossed Centre
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Opening Bid: £2,000
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Viking Age Bronze Zoomorphic Mount
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
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Found Winteringham, Humberside, UK, in 1986. -
Viking Period Silver Filigree Pendant
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Discoid with applied filigree looped bands, granules and other detailing. 6 grams, 40 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
