VIKING PENDANT
Viking Age, Ca. 900–1100 AD.
A beautiful, solid silver pendant shaped as broad battle axe with an integral loop. This type of pendant might have been worn around the neck by a Viking warrior. For more information on Viking jewellery, see Arbman, H. (1940). Birka I Die Gräber. Uppsala & Hubbard, B. (2016) The Viking Warrior. Amber Books Ltd, London, 61–65.
Size: L:24mm / W:13mm ; 3.4g
Provenance: Private London collection since the 1990.
Estimate: GBP 150 - 300