Lot Essay
Cf. J. Graham-Campbell and D. Kidd, The Vikings, The British Museum, 1980, p. 48, pl. 18 for a large silver hoard with silver ornaments, coins and hack-silver buried about 975 A.D. in Birka, Sweden
The Property of
the late SIR SIDNEY NOLAN, O.M., A.C., C.B.E.
A VIKING HACK-SILVER HOARD, comprising a silver bracelet formed from tapering wire twisted together, misshapen, 3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) across; a fragment of a heavy interlinked chain, folded back, 2½in. (6.4cm.) long; two 'cigar'-shaped ingots, 4¼in. (10.7cm.) and 3¾in. (9.5cm.) long; three fragments of ingots, 1¾in. (4.4cm.) long max.; and a cut penny of Edgar (959-975 A.D.), all 10th Century A.D.
Details
A VIKING HACK-SILVER HOARD, comprising a silver bracelet formed from tapering wire twisted together, misshapen, 3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) across; a fragment of a heavy interlinked chain, folded back, 2½in. (6.4cm.) long; two 'cigar'-shaped ingots, 4¼in. (10.7cm.) and 3¾in. (9.5cm.) long; three fragments of ingots, 1¾in. (4.4cm.) long max.; and a cut penny of Edgar (959-975 A.D.), all 10th Century A.D.
Overall weight: 458.4 grams (8)
Overall weight: 458.4 grams (8)