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LOT 2096
Viking Age Silver Belt Mount Group
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (72 grams total, 13 mm each).
Including domed rivets with central scoop, stud to reverse, many with rove in situ. [18, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Germany in the early 1980s.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.23, 26.
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LOT 2096
Viking Age Silver Belt Mount Group
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Circa 8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
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Ex West Country collection, 1990s. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Borre Style Disc Brooch
Circa 11th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Domed disc brooch with low-relief Borre style looped tendrils motif, lug and catch to the reverse. 11 grams, 30.5 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
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Viking Age Leather Belt Fragments with Tinned Bronze Heart-Shaped Mounts
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising five heart-shaped mounts with a grooved edge. 10.2 grams total, 39-74.6 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
