Bidspirit auction | VIKING SILVER AXE-SHAPED PENDANT

VIKING SILVER AXE-SHAPED PENDANT - Ca. AD 900 - 1100. A solid pendant cast in silver in the form of an axe-head with a broad blade and a short, squared butt. A round vertical shaft pierces the butt for suspension.For similar see: P. Cucypera, S. Wadyl Early medieval miniature axes of Makarov’s type 2 in the Baltic Sea Region, fg.1 .Size: 15mm x 8mm; Weight: 3gProvenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s.