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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0327