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LOT 1246
Viking Period Silver Hammer Pendant
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.63 grams, 33 mm).
A silver hammer pendant suspended on a free-running silver ring with overlapping and coiled arms, punch-decorated to one face with three horizontal triangles containing pellets. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.104(6).
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