Norway, brakteat 1177-1202

Norway, brakteat featuring a Latin cross with pellet ornamentation, dated 1177-1202, struck under King Sverre Sigurdsson. Extremely Fine condition. A rare, well‑preserved and complete Norwegian medieval brakteat. Most of the Sverre Sigurdsson brakteats are from the Dæli find excavated in 1840, once sold by the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History in the second half of the 19th Century. Schive VII:128; NM 24; Skaare 144. 13 mm.

Protocol no. 5886

On Norwegian coins dated pre-1537 export restrictions may apply. Brakteats from Sverre Sigurdsson have been exported with permission many times before.