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LOT 1400
Viking Age Silver and Other Pendant Collection
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 5/8 in. (35.8 grams total, 24-41 mm).
Comprising: one domed disc with granulation and central cell; one gilt disc with kolovrat spinning-wheel motif; one dirhem Arabic coin with applied ribbed loop; one cast disc with high-relief Ringerike style serpent motif reserved on a pounced field; one plain disc with applied loop. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired before 1990.
Ex property of a professional collector.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.99, for similar types.
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