VIKING SWORD BELT-HANGER 10th-12th century AD A bronze tongue-shaped plate with a circular-section bar extension looped round to become a flat counter-plate to the reverse; two piercings for attachment rivets, one in place; decoration of an elongated chevron formed from offset opposed triangular punchmarks. 4.41 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. Provenance From an old English collection; acquired in the 1990s. Literature Cf. Sedov, V.V. Finno-Ygri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, 1987, plate 111. Footnotes The fitting was one of a series worn vertically on the belt with the loop on the lower edge: it formed part of the suspension mechanism for the wearer’s sword, knife and pouch.
VIKING SWORD BELT-HANGER 10th-12th century AD A bronze tongue-shaped plate with a circular-section bar extension looped round to become a flat counter-plate to the reverse; two piercings for attachment rivets, one in place; decoration of an elongated chevron formed from offset opposed triangular punchmarks. 4.41 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. Provenance From an old English collection; acquired in the 1990s. Literature Cf. Sedov, V.V. Finno-Ygri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, 1987, plate 111. Footnotes The fitting was one of a series worn vertically on the belt with the loop on the lower edge: it formed part of the suspension mechanism for the wearer’s sword, knife and pouch.
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