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LOT 1243
Viking Age Silver Axe Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (1.38 grams, 38 mm).
A silver pendant comprising a free-running sub-triangular axehead pendant with flanges to the socket, one face with border of tremolier ornament; slender ring with terminals coiled around the shank. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.105(1).
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Fine condition.
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