[Regia-NA] FW: Monster brooch! Help needed!!

[Nicholson, Andrew]

>From another list:


Subject: Monster brooch! Help needed!!


A strange brooch was found on Bornholm a month ago
and is now on display in the Danish National Museum. It
can also be seen on the museum's homepage:

http://www.natmus.dk/sw1489.asp

It is rather monstrous, almost 30 cm long, weighing about
half a kilo, silver-gilt, with a dragon's head at one end.
  There are no parallels known from Scandinavia. It must
be of Iron Age - possibly Migration Period - date, but the
style of the head does not fit with Nordic animal art. Most
guesses go to South-eastern Europe (Rumania? Ukraine?
Crimea?), but till now no real relatives have appeared.
  Take a look, and if you have connections in Eastern
Europe, please forward the URL to them!

Greetings, and apologies for X-posting

Morten

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Morten Axboe
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DK-2830 Virum
Danmark
E-mail: m_axboe@image.dk