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LOT 0374
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Gold Double-Headed Mount Group
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.48 grams total, 24.6-24.8 mm).
Each formed as a conjoined pair of facing masks sharing a mouth; pin to reverse. [3]
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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LOT 0374
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Gold Double-Headed Mount Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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Viking Age Silver Chain
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Box-link type with butted joints. 24.9 grams, 65.5 cm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Viking Age Decorated Bronze Broad Axehead Pendant
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Formed with a ropework band to the edge of each cheek and the socket, doubling as the suspension loop. 5.2 grams, 33 mm wide
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. -
Scandinavian Viking 'Hoard' of Hacked Gold and Silver with Weights, Scales and Pans
9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Comprising: articulated arms for a scale balance with spike gnomon; two hemispherical bowls each with suspension holes at the rim; three trade weights each with a struck motif to one faces; group of complete and cut-half silver dirham coins; six cut fragments of silver ingot; small gold ingot fragment. 284 grams total, 1-20 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.
