Viking 'Geometric Designed' Bracelet
Copper-alloy, 38.43 grams, 57.44 mm. 8th-10th century AD. A flat-section bracelet formed from a copper-alloy billet with thinned and expanded terminals. The decorative layout consists of panels divided by heavy vertical incised lines; each panel contains a series of punched-dot geometric designs with a central row of more heavily punched roundels. 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: ex old English collection. Lockdales Auction 76, lot 1132.