Viking Silver-Gilt Pendant with Odin Gripping Two Ravens

10TH-11TH CENTURY AD

1" (2.29 grams, 21mm).

A cast discoid Scandinavian Viking pendant with integral loop, pelletted border enclosing a low-relief image of a male face between two birds, grasped by arms at the necks, small loop to the top.

Provenance

Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Korshyn, V.E. Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rysi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item M.2.02.

CONDITION

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LOT 0394

Viking Silver-Gilt Pendant with Odin Gripping Two Ravens

Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,559

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