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LOT 1516

Estimate
GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 350 - 460
USD ($) 400 - 540

VIKING AGE SILVER-GILT PENDANT WITH FACE
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.2 grams, 21 mm).

Displaying scroll decoration to the centre, a bearded male face to the rim, later silver attachment loop; remains of gilding to the centre. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.96, item 13.

CONDITION
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