21

21

2009,8023.11

hacksilver , bossed penannular brooch

Silver upper end of the pin of a (?)bossed penannular brooch with broad, plain, looped, ovoid head.tapering to the shaft, which has been cut obliquely about a third way along; probably joins 2009,8023.12; hacksilver. Two testing nicks on one side of the shaft, one with a series of around ten short cuts on the other, and one on one edge of the head.

Viking, Celtic

927-928

9thC (mid)

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British Museum

silver