Viking Age Bronze Tortoise-Type Brooch Group
9th-11th century A.D. Comprising three shallow-domed plate brooches each with low-relief zoomorphic ornament and a narrow ledged rim; to the reverse, a small catch and T-shaped pin-lug; one with textile remains in situ. Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.61. 140 grams total, 77-80 mm (3 - 3 1/8 in.).

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

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