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LOT 1247
Viking Penannular Brooch
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (19.2 grams, 46 mm).
A penannular bronze brooch with a tapering body and upturned terminals each with a polygonal knop with nine faces, with pricked dot and annulet decoration; the apex of the hoop with a tripartite collar, flanked by symmetrical decorative motifs comprising concentric triangles composed of pricked dots and with annulet fill and annulets to the apexes, framed by lozenges composed of four annulets; free-running pin composed of a tapering tongue with headplate coiled around the brooch, the head decorated with raised bands and chevrons. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.52.
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