Anglo-Scandinavian / Viking 'Punched Saltire' Belt Plate 011719

Anglo-Scandinavian / Viking 'Punched Saltire' Belt Plate 011719
Anglo-Scandinavian / Viking 'Punched Saltire' Belt Plate
Copper-alloy, 3.95 grams, 29.36 mm. 9th-11th century AD. A rectangular belt-plate decorated with a double-border rectangle applied with a rectangular-headed punch; within this is a saltire applied with the same punch. The plate is slightly dished and features a central copper-alloy mounting pin. Reference: cf. the plate from Ufford in West. S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998 p.249 item 8. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old collection.
 
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