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LOT 1220
Viking Age Silver Axe Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (1.28 grams, 28 mm).
A silver pendant composed of a free-running axehead pendant suspended on a slender hoop with overlapping arms and coiled terminals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
UK private collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Quatrefoil Dragon-Whorl Mount
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Opening Bid: £200
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Fair condition, one edge bent, cells empty.
Found UK. Acquired in the 1990s. From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK. -
Viking Age Stamped Silver Pendant
Circa 8th-10th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £312
A discoid silver pendant decoratively stamped with blank triangles, triangles containing trefoil pellets and annulets containing pellets; ribbed tubular suspension loop; Latvian workmanship. 11.8 grams, 55 mm
Acquired in the 1990s. From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK. -
Viking Period Silver Coiled Ring
8th-10th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £416
A coiled silver ring comprising five slender tiers and tapering terminals, the central three coils plain, the upper and lower most tiers decorated with punched rectangles within expanded elliptical panels. 5.25 grams, 21.85 mm overall, 17.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000. Property of an East London gentleman.
