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LOT 1487
Viking Silver Sun Whorl Boss Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (4.8 grams, 36 mm).
Composed of a dished body and applied suspension loop, repoussé motif. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Willemsen, A., Vikings! Raids in the Rhine/ Meuse region 800-1000, Utrecht, 2004, p.47, for a broadly similar disc used as a brooch.
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