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LOT 1826
Viking Age Bronze Pendant Hanger with Horse Heads
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (11.9 grams, 49 mm).
With suspension loop on a slender neck supporting two addorsed horse-heads with billets to the mane, void between the forelegs, transverse bar with six pierced roundels to the lower edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LXV, for a less elaborate version of the type.
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LOT 1826
Viking Age Bronze Pendant Hanger with Horse Heads
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Viking Age Bronze Double Horse Head Buckle
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Opening Bid: £50
Central rectangular void with an addorsed horsehead springing from each upper corner, leg from the lower corner; notched mane and running band of zigzags to each neck; pierced for attachment; Baltic type. 4.67 grams, 39 mm
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Viking Silver Axe Pendant
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising a round-section large loop with twisted terminals and an axe-shaped pendant with impressed linear decoration on one side. 4.84 grams, 61 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Viking Age Bronze Plaited Ring
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Featuring a triangular-section braided shank and coiled hoop. 5.46 grams, 29.06 mm overall, 19.05 x 19.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
