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LOT 1647
Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bracelet with Flattened Terminals
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (54 grams, 66 mm).
Two rods tightly twisted and curved into a penannular shape with tapering finials, the bracelet hammered flat on one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Sussex, UK, private collection; acquired 1980s-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Shetelig, H. (ed), Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Part VI, Oslo, 1954, figs.84-85 (hoards from Croydon and Cuerdale).
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LOT 1647
Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bracelet with Flattened Terminals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Scandinavian Viking Decorated Silver Currency Bar
11th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
D-section ingot with one flattened end, punched rosettes and multiple test nicks. 117 grams, 12.5 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 Age Silver 'Currency' Ingot
Circa 9th-11th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £143
A hacked irregular hammered silver ingot, probably melted down loot creating a monetised piece of 'Hack' for Viking trade; X-ray Fluorescence analysis provides the following results: Ag (91.7%), Cu (4.09%), Fe (3.69%), Zn (0.19%), Au (0.19%), Pb (0.13%). 32 grams, 30 mm
Ex property of a UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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 (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). -
Viking Age Gold Pendant with Face
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Discoid with repoussé mask within a segmented border, integral loop. 6.03 grams, 40 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
