Viking Age Stamped Silver Pendant

CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER

1 1/2 in. (4.89 grams, 38 mm).

A silver discoid pendant with ribbed suspension loop, decorated with a central repoussé dome within a square frame composed of stamped triangles containing single pellets, in turn enclosed within a roundel composed of stamped triangles containing trefoil pellets, and an outer border of annulets. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.

Literature

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, plate 97 (13).

CONDITION

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LOT 1231