Culture: Northern / Eastern European Bronze Age Date: ca. 800–300 BC Material: Bronze Dimensions: Diameter ca. 68 mm Condition: Intact, with an attractive dark green patina and minor encrustation consistent with age. Mounted on a modern leather cord for display. A rare and impressive openwork bronze disc with a radiating sun-wheel design, dating to the Bronze Age / Early Metal Age (ca. 800–300 BC). The ornament consists of an outer circular frame connected by seven radiating spokes to a smaller inner ring with subtle lobed projections. Objects of this type are interpreted as solar symbols, representing the movement of the sun and its life-giving power — one of the central motifs in Bronze Age cosmology. Such pieces likely served as amulets, ritual ornaments, or decorative mounts in elite or ceremonial contexts. A fine example of Bronze Age openwork metal art and an evocative representation of prehistoric solar symbolism.