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LOT 1903
Viking Age Silver Thor's Hammer Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 in. (2.47 grams, 24 mm).
Flat-section body with rolled loop, punched triangle detailing.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
For similar in gold found in East Anglia c.f. bonhams, 12 December 1995, no.335 (£1200-1,500).
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