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LOT 1638
Viking Age Twisted Bronze Wire Bracelet
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (25.4 grams, 59 mm).
Penannular in form made from a single wire strand looped at one end and butted at the other. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Pendant
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Lentoid in plan with openwork image of a small bird being seized by a larger predator; loop to apex. 5.42 grams, 39 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. -
Viking Period Silver Trade Ingot
Circa 800-1000 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Sub-rectangular in plan and ovate in section, tapering to a rounded point at each end, some areas hammered flat in antiquity and displaying numerous striations and casting bubbles, nine triangular peck marks along the flat underside, but otherwise undecorated. 84 grams, 97 mm
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue sheet.
Cuerdale Viking silver hoard from Lancashire which includes similar long, narrow examples and was deposited circa 905-910 (J. Graham-Campbell, 2011, The Cuerdale Hoard and related Viking-Age silver and gold from Britain and Ireland in the British Museum, London, pl. 3, 1: 17-18). -
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Patrix Die with God and Drinking Horn
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Modelled in the half-round, advancing figure with bent legs and holding a drinking horn. 7.62 grams, 37 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
