Anglo-Saxon Bronze Gammadion Disc Brooch

6TH CENTURY A.D.

1 5/8 in. (20 grams, 41 mm).

Disc brooch with four L-shaped voids spaced to form a reserved swastika motif, band of punched pellets to the rim, remains of the pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found East Anglia, UK.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 5.1.

Footnotes

The swastika, also known as a gammadion, was an ancient sun symbol that is commonly found in many cultures across the Northern hemisphere. In the Viking period it was associated with Thor and is commonly found on rune-stones and amulets connected to him.

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