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LOT 1248
Viking Age Silver Axe Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (1.68 grams, 31 mm).
A silver axehead pendant and suspension loop with ends coiled about the shank. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
UK private collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.107.
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