Scandinavian Viking Silver Equal-Arm Brooch
9th century A.D. A silver equal-arm brooch of Aargård Type III A, with central segmented boss, symmetrical lozengiform scooped flanges with Borre Style low-relief geometric ornament and trefoil finial, ferrous pin to the reverse with lugs and catch, short length of copper-alloy suspension chain attached to a loop to the reverse. See Aargaard, G.B., Gleivasrmige Spangen in Arwidsson, G. (ed.), Systemastische Analysen der Graberfunde Birka II:2, Stockholm, 1986; Kershaw, J.F., Viking Identities. Scandinavian Jewellery in England, Oxford, 2013, item 3.50. 52.4 grams, 13 cm (5 in.). Acquired before 1960.From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s. [No Reserve]