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LOT 1891

Viking Whetstone Pendant

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 3/4 in. (16.9 grams, 69 mm).

Square-section bar of tapering profile with hole at the broad end, wire loop and three small amuletic beads. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.108.

CONDITION
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LOT 1891

Viking Whetstone Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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