VIKING SILVER MJOLNIR PENDANT Ca. AD 900 - 1100. A silver pendant in the form of Mjolnir, the legendary hammer of the lightning god Thor. The hammer has a slender handle. Dense motifs of stamped triangles containing a trio of raised dots cover the front side of the roughly rectangular hammerhead. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 2006,1203.16, 1990,0101.1. Size: 35mm x 23mm; Weight: 8g. Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously acquired at the art market in Vienna; formerly in an Austrian collection formed prior to 2000. This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist.