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LOT 1448
Viking Age Gold Bracteate
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (0.33 grams, 17 mm).
Sheet-gold disc with concentric rings of repoussé pellets and central boss.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Viking Age Bronze and Lead Artefact Group
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: a thumb ring with overlapping arms and lozenge cross-section; a lead trade weight for precious metals bearing pellet motifs to one face; a clothes fitting or other object with two discoid faces joined by an arm, each face displaying a central dome. 18.6 grams total, 21-32 mm
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Essex, UK. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. -
Viking Age Silver Ring with Scrolls
Circa 10th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Lozengiform bezel with stud to each angle, incised hatched design. 2.32 grams, 22.68 mm overall, 19.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2 , USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Acquired 1970s. From the private collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. -
Viking Bronze Bird Brooch
10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Modelled in profile with detailed high-relief plumage. 7.12 grams, 30 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Zoomorphic brooches were a long lived tradition in Germanic communities, including amongst Anglo-Saxons and Scandinavians. Most types appear to have fallen out of use in the 11th century, except the ones linked with Christian symbology.
