Viking 'Geometric' Bracelet 014585

Viking 'Geometric' Bracelet 014585
Viking 'Geometric' Bracelet
Copper-alloy, 19.48 grams, 64.59 mm. 8th-10th century AD. A shallow c-sectioned band with two ornamental motifs: at each end and centrally is a rectangular panel with a design based on a central ellipse with arms extending to the corners of the panel, against a ribbed background; interspersed are two long vesica-shaped panels with opposed-scroll detailing. 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.
 
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