Probably from Largo, Fife
This piece of a silver bracelet was probably found on the Largo estate in Fife. It is a typical Viking type, often called an Hiberno-Viking arm-ring, common in Ireland, and found in Viking Age silver hoards in Great Britain and Scandinavia.
The piece is part of the central part of the bracelet. Like most bracelets of this type, it is decorated with a stamped diagonal cross made by a bar-shaped punch. The missing ends would have tapered towards one another without fastening.
Hiberno-Viking armrings were made in Ireland, under Scandinavian stimulus. They were made by hammering out silver ingots. Some are plain, while others have stamped decoration. In hoards they were valued as silver bullion, for their weight.
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