Pre-Viking Germanic repoussé gold bracteate, depicting Odin and his horse Sleipnir surmounted by a Swastika Rune

A Pre-Viking Germanic 5-6th century repoussé gold bracteate, depicting Odin/Wodan and his horse Sleipnir surmounted by a Swastika Rune, C-type. Beaded wire rim. The swastika was used as a symbolic picture for thors hammer or lightning.

Material: solid gold, 19,6K (with XRF)
Weight: 4.70 gram
Date: Migration period, Germanic, 5th – 6th century AD
Measurement: 41 x 36 mm
Condition: Extremely fine condition

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