Viking Penannular Brooch
Circa 8th-10th century A.D. A penannular bronze brooch with a tapering body and upturned terminals each with a polygonal knop with nine faces, with pricked dot and annulet decoration; the apex of the hoop with a tripartite collar, flanked by symmetrical decorative motifs comprising concentric triangles composed of pricked dots and with annulet fill and annulets to the apexes, framed by lozenges composed of four annulets; free-running pin composed of a tapering tongue with headplate coiled around the brooch, the head decorated with raised bands and chevrons. Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.52. 19.2 grams, 46 mm (1 3/4 in.). Acquired in the 1990s.From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK. [No Reserve]