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Description: | Late Saxon cast copper alloy convex disc brooch. Very worn, with no trace of gilding extant. Decoration appears to consist of Borre style knotwork around a central group of concentric circles. On the reverse are an incomplete double pin-lug with no extant trace of a pin, a catch-plate set at right-angles to the edge, and a similarly set loop for a pendant. The presence of a loop on the reverse of the brooch was believed by Sue Margeson (The Vikings in Norfolk (1997) p. 21) to be "a sure sign of Scandinavian origin." Maximum diameter 26mm. Height, excluding fittings on reverse, 4.5mm. Weight 6.60g. 10th century.Jane Kershaw has confirmed this as Scandinavian - Borre-style disc brooch, Jansson Type II D. Jansson 1984b.
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