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Pre-Viking Bronze Openwork Brooch with Cross
Pre-Viking Bronze Openwork Brooch with Cross
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Description
6th-7th century AD. A Slavic flat-section openwork plate brooch with trapezoidal body and lozengiform foot, geometric panels, derived form of the 'Dnieper class' brooches; cruciform panel to the foot with pierced extensions; catchplate and ferrous stain from the pin to the reverse. See discussion of eastern European brooch types in Szmoniewski, B.S. Two Worlds, One Hoard: What do Metal Finds from the Forest-Steppe Belt Speak About? in Curta, F. (ed.) The Other Europe in the Middle Ages - Avars, Bulgars, Khazars, and Cumans, Leiden, 2008. 30 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a lady by descent; acquired by the vendor's father in the 1960s.
Condition
Fair condition, pin absent.
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Pre-Viking Bronze Openwork Brooch with Cross

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