VIKING SILVER MJOLNIR PENDANT. Ca. AD 900 - 1000. A silver Mjölnir pendant with a vertical shaft extending from a broad, angular head. The shaft is decorated with seven stamped horizontal bands of small, evenly spaced raised dots. The head features a symmetrical arrangement of triangular and diamond-shaped motifs, each filled with raised dots, and a border of small circular impressions runs along the upper edge. The reverse is undecorated, with the suspension loop formed from the extension of the shaft. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1990,0101.1, 2000,0301.1; Finlay A., Skalds, Troubadours and Sagas, fig. 4, pg. 349. Size: 33.9mm x 21mm; Weight: 5.86g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist.