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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy disc brooch of Early-Medieval date. The brooch is circular and domed with a slightly raised circumferential rim. The upper surface is decorated with a Borre-style design consisting of three cat-like animal heads facing into the centre of the brooch. On the reverse the remains of a double pin-lug and catch-plate project at parallel points on the edge of the brooch. Traces of iron corrosion within the pin-lug suggest the pin was made of iron. A third loop is also present on the reverse of the brooch mid-way between the catch-plate and the pin-lug, again on the edge.The metal ha a mid reddish-green patina and is worn. The brooch is 25.2mm in diameter, 6.3mm thick and weighs 6.8g.A similar brooch is recorded on the PAS database as NMS-DFD1E7 in which the third loop is discussed as follows:The presence of a third loop on the reverse of the brooch was believed by Margeson (The Vikings in Norfolk, 1997, p. 21) to be "a sure sign of Scandinavian origin". Brooches of this type are widespread in Scandinavia, with a particular concentration at Birka (near Stockholm, Sweden).
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