Pre-Viking Gilt Silver Pendant with Entwined Beast. 7th century AD. A gilt-silver disc-shaped pendant with a stylised beast formed from interlaced lines within a dashed ropework border, which continues to the sides of the integral suspension loop.Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections (Roman Iron Age, Migration Period, Early Medieval), Oxford, 1997, item 2.2; Metropolitan museum of Art, New York, accession number: 53.48.6.14.5 grams, 45mm (1 3/4"). From a central London collection; previously in a European collection formed 1979-1989. [No Reserve] A video of this lot is available to view at TimeLine Auctions website.