Copper-alloy, 9.71 grams, 60.60 mm. 10th-12th century AD. A carefully made late Viking bracelet comprising a single rod of copper-alloy wire bent into three adjacent strands, the ends looped and the central portion skilfully twisted to give a plaited effect. Bracelets of this kind were popular with middle-ranking Viking females in the eastern Baltic as a substitute for the higher-status twisted silver wire bracelets. Reference: cf. twisted wire bracelet from Jakstaiciai grave 35 in Griciuviene, E.Ziemgaliai - The Semigallians, Latvijas Vestures Muzejs, 2005, p.77 item 374. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.