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LOT 1911
Viking Age Silvered Bronze Stud with Stamped Decoration
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.37 grams, 25 mm).
Discoid panel with rilled edge, stud to reverse, stamped pattern of D-shaped, triangular and pellet motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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