Viking Age Silver Filigree Pendant with Boss
9th-12th century A.D. A silver disc pendant with integral suspension loop; the obverse with central boss and beaded wire collar, frieze of comma-shaped filigree motifs with collared granules, filigree to the rim extending to the edges of the loop. See Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, for discussion and comparable examples; Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, for discussion and comparable examples. 3.9 grams, 39 mm (1 1/2 in.). Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.Westminster collection, central London, UK. [No Reserve]