Viking Age Silver Pendant with Crystal Magnifier

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (3.8 grams, 47mm).

Displaying a ropework border enclosing a polished rock crystal magnifier; applied suspension loop with a separate coiled hoop. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex property of a professional collector; acquired before 1990.

Literature

See Thunmark-Nylén, L., Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II: Typentafeln, Stockholm, 1998, pl.170, items 15-20, for type.

CONDITION

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