Viking Silver Bead and Hacked Bar Group

8TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (9.2 grams total, 16-17 mm).

Comprising: a fusiform bead with ribbed outer surface; roughly cut segment of a silver ingot often called 'hack silver'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Literature

See Hårdh, B., Silver in the Viking Age. A Regional-Economic Study, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia, no.25, Stockholm, 1996, for discussion.

CONDITION

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