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Plateau disc brooch with cross depiction

Category:

Clothes & fibulas

Finder:

SondelSuechtig

Find ID:

VT-9GC7IX35

Published:

20.3.2025

Detector:

Deus II

Country:

Germany

County:

Gifhorn

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Markus Wehmer 21.3.2025

Yes, it's a disc primer. 😃

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SondelSuechtig 21.3.2025

Thanks for the confirmation. Is this also a cross enamel disc brooch?

Markus Wehmer 21.3.2025

According to Ulriksen (2003, page 147), this is a plateau disc brooch with a cross motif, Roskilde-Schuby type. Definition: "Pit enamel with an equal-armed cross, whose arms flare outward and form an acute angle. The cross motif is located on a central, disc-shaped plateau, which stands out from a collar that is flat on the reverse and slightly slanted on the obverse. The type has a diameter between 16–23 mm." J. Ulriksen, Disc-shaped cross enamel brooches from the 9th to 12th centuries in Denmark and Scania. Offa 59/60, 2002/2003, 145–165.

SondelSuechtig 21.3.2025

Thank you for the detailed identification.

Markus Wehmer 21.3.2025

According to Bos (2007/08), this would be a brooch of type 2.5.1.30. JM Bos, Medieval brooches from the Dutch province of Friesland (Frisia). A regional perspective on the Wijnaldum brooches. Part II: Disc brooches. Palaeohistoria 49/50, 2007/2008, 709–793.