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LOT 1386
Viking Age Decorated Silver Penannular Brooch
12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (21.9 grams, 39 mm wide).
Displaying facetted terminals displaying punched circlets, pelletted triangles and faux ropework to the body and faux ropework to the articulate pin head. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Roesdahl, E., Wilson D.M., From Viking to Crusader: The Scandinavians and Europe 800 to 1200 (22nd Council of Europe Exhibition), Copenhagen, 1992, p.81, fig.8, for a similar specimen.
Footnotes
Penannular brooches with facetted terminals were part of the famous Kostivere hoard, found in Estonia, deposited in around 1220-1230 during the wars of Estonians against the Germans and Danes. The annular brooches with animal ornament in Urnes style were considered by the archaeologists definitely Scandinavian, more specifically from Gotland.
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LOT 1386
Viking Age Decorated Silver Penannular Brooch
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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