• VIKING CHIEFTAIN’S PROTECTIVE BROOCH, 9TH CENTURY - Viking Hoard
  • VIKING CHIEFTAIN’S PROTECTIVE BROOCH, 9TH CENTURY - Viking Hoard
  • VIKING CHIEFTAIN’S PROTECTIVE BROOCH, 9TH CENTURY - Viking Hoard
  • VIKING CHIEFTAIN’S PROTECTIVE BROOCH, 9TH CENTURY - Viking Hoard
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VIKING CHIEFTAIN’S PROTECTIVE BROOCH, 9TH CENTURY

VIKING CHIEFTAIN’S PROTECTIVE BROOCH, 9TH CENTURY

B8371

$145.00 USD
$145.00 USD
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Bronze, circular of, about 1 1/8” diameter with roped (?) edge. The cross pin perished. When fastened to the jerkin, these small metal brooches provided a measure of protection against sword cuts and, in fact, were a form of armor. Heavily encrusted from burial. Excavated in 1937 from the grave of a Viking chieftain in North Yorkshire.

Sold April 24, 1978, Christie’s, London, sale of Fine Antiquities to R T Clough FSA.

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VIKING CHIEFTAIN’S PROTECTIVE BROOCH, 9TH CENTURY

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