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LOT 1228
Viking Age Bronze Boar's Head Brooch
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (17.4 grams, 56 mm).
With domed central body and raised ridges; single piercing; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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Viking Age Bronze Knife Handle
9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Composed of a tubular bronze handle with engraved interlaced geometric design. 59.4 grams, 10 cm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
A similar knife can be seen in a female grave from Tuukkala, Mikkeli, Finland, still with its blade and housed in a magnificent bronze openwork scabbard. Knives were used by men and women in many different ways, including for war. -
Viking Age Bronze Zoomorphic Mount
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Displaying a symmetrical openwork design of birds within a vinescroll; attachment pin to the reverse. 12.4 grams, 44 mm
Found Winteringham, Humberside, UK, in 1986. -
Viking Age or Earlier Hacked Gold Trade Ingot
Circa 10th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
A slightly bent irregular bar of hacked gold with rectangular cross-section, showing evidence of compression and fracture to each end, some subtle transverse lines on both of the main surfaces. 14.43 grams, 51 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector on 1st May 2022 on a Romano-British site in Cambridgeshire, UK, by Trevor Singleton. Accompanied by a handwritten letter from the finder. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.CAM-D819F0 and workflow review page where it states: 'There is evidence that the bar fragment has been cut from both ends, suggesting Early Medieval (Viking Period) parallels.'
This ingot was declared under the Treasure Act and subsequently determined by the British Museum to be of 'undiagnostic' date and therefore returned to the finder. Trevor Singleton maintains that it was recovered from a known Romano-British site, while in neighbouring fields Early Medieval (Late Saxon & Viking) items have been recovered and logged with the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Ingots of gold and silver were regularly produced in the Early Medieval period when trade took place between monetised economies (Anglo-Saxon England, Francia, Frisia) and their non-monetised neighbours in southern Scandinavia (West, 1998; Blackburn, 2011). Ingots were a convenient means of storing wealth which could be converted into display items (weapon fittings, clothing fasteners, tableware) or used to gild silver and bronze items (Hårdh, 1996).
