Dragonhead cloak pin

Description

A plausible copy of an extant Scandinavian pin of bronze and iron, sold at auction in England in Feb 2020, of the Early Gotlandic type.*

160mm in total length
The ball pointed pin is 110mm long, of 15ga. (1.83mm diameter) tempered steel.

The chain is long enough to loop around the pin, locking it in place.

*see ‘The gleaming mane of the serpent’: the Birka dragonhead from Black Earth Harbour. Sven Kalmring & Lena Holmquist.