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LOT 1260
Viking Age Stamped Silver Pendant
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
2 in. (7.31 grams, 52 mm).
A sub-rectangular silver pendant with ribbed suspension loop at the apex, the front face decorated with a repoussé disc, surrounded by stamped triangles and annulets; Latvian workmanship. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CVI (16), for type.
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