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LOT 1255
Viking Period Silver Axe Pendant Group
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (8.93 grams total, 32-34 mm).
A trio of silver axehead pendants of different forms, each suspended on a free-running silver ring with overlapping and coiled arms; two decorated with punched annulets to one face, a third with punched triangles populated with single pellets. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.104(5).
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Viking Period Silver Axe Pendant Group
8th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
A trio of silver axehead pendants of different forms, each suspended on a free-running silver ring with overlapping and coiled arms; two decorated with punched annulets to one face, a third with punched triangles populated with single pellets. 8.93 grams total, 32-34 mm
Fine condition, usage wear.
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000. Property of an East London gentleman. -
Viking Age Stamped Silver Pendant
Circa 8th-10th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £286
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. 4.89 grams, 38 mm
Fine condition, usage wear.
Acquired in the 1990s. From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK. -
Viking Age Silver Filigree Pendant with Boss
9th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
A silver disc pendant with integral suspension loop; the obverse with central boss and beaded wire collar, frieze of comma-shaped filigree motifs with collared granules, filigree to the rim extending to the edges of the loop. 3.9 grams, 39 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
