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LOT 0327
Viking Age Silver Pendant with Odin and Ravens
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.98 grams, 22 mm).
A discoid pendant with integral loop, beaded border enclosing a low-relief gilded image of a male facing mask between two birds embraced at the necks. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Hammond, B. M., British Artefacts Volume 2 - Middle Saxon and Viking, p.57, item 1.5.3-f; Korshyn, V.E., Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item M.2.02.
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