Details

LOT 0375

'The Tenby' Hiberno-Norse Viking Penannular Brooch

8TH-9TH CENTURY AD

2 1/2'' (10.55 grams, 62mm wide).

A bronze penannular brooch comprising a round-section crescent with flared ends terminating in two curved spatulate flat panels each with a ropework border surrounding a two-band knotwork motif.

Provenance

Found whilst searching with a metal detector on a beach, probably having been washed out of a Viking burial from an overlooking cliff near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, UK, on Thursday 7th April 2016 by Kelvin Maddocks.
Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with reference number NMGW-DA579E.
Accompanied by a copy of the PAS report including a museum drawing of the object, a copy of report number NMWPA 2016.43 sent to the finder.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Treasure Hunting Magazine pages where it has recently been published.

Published

Treasure Hunting Magazine, Portable Antiquities Scheme Corner, November 2021, p.38.

CONDITION