Viking Silver-Gilt Pendant with Odin Gripping Two Ravens

9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (2.8 grams, 20 mm).

Border enclosing a low-relief image of a male facing mask between two birds embraced at the necks; with integral loop. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Hammond, B. M., British Artefacts Volume 2 - Middle Saxon and Viking, p.57, item 1.5.3-f.; cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item M.2.02.

CONDITION

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