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LOT 1252
Viking Age Stamped Silver Pendant
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
2 1/8 in. (11.8 grams, 55 mm).
A discoid silver pendant decoratively stamped with blank triangles, triangles containing trefoil pellets and annulets containing pellets; ribbed tubular suspension loop; Latvian workmanship. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIX (17), for type.
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