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LOT 1503
Viking Age Silver Axe Pendant
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
2 in. (2.49 grams, 53 mm).
The free-running, wedge-shaped pendant displaying repoussé pellets; slender ring with overlapping terminals, each forming a coiled sleeve around the opposite arm.
Provenance
Acquired on the EU art market around 2000.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
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