Baltic Viking 'Expanding Terminals' Bracelet
Copper-alloy, 25.01 grams, 55.27 mm. 8th-10th century AD. A thin flat-sectioned band with a central discoid panel and expanding terminals. Ring-and-dot motifs are placed along the outer edges of the expanded sections and centrally on the rest of the band, and punched geometric designs are placed in panels around these. Bracelets of this type are associated with the eastern Baltic Selonians in the Viking period. Reference: Griciuviene, E. Seliai - The Selonians Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus, 2007, p.154-5. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.