Bidspirit auction | VIKING SILVER MEDALLION WITH CROSS

VIKING SILVER MEDALLION WITH CROSS - Ca. AD 900 - 1000. A silver medallion centred by an interlaced cross in twisted wire filigree, the arms expanding into knotted terminals. The quadrants and the crossing contain rounded bosses. An integral suspension loop surmounts the rim, the reverse plain.For similar see: A. Reynolds, L. Webster, Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World, Studies in Honour of James Graham-Campbell, p. 828Size: 39mm x 35mm; Weight: 6gProvenance: From an old British collection formed in the 1990s; previously acquired in Belgium.