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LOT 1244
Viking Period Silver Hammer Pendant
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.23 grams, 33 mm).
A bifacial silver hammer pendant with notched detailing to the handle and a horizontal trio of annulets to the blade; free-running silver ring with overlapping coiled arms. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.104(6).
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