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Viking Age Gold Pendant with Face Viking Age Gold Pendant with Face Viking Age Gold Pendant with Face
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LOT 0370

Viking Age Gold Pendant with Face

CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 5/8 in. (6.03 grams, 40 mm).

Discoid with repoussé mask within a segmented border, integral loop. [No Reserve]

Provenance

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.

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LOT 0370

Viking Age Gold Pendant with Face

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640

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