Belt plate from Langstrup
The Bronze Age belt plate by Langstrup ( Danish Bæltepladen fra Langstrup ) is decorated with double spirals and has a diameter of 28 cm. It dates to around 1400 BC. Chr.
The spiked disc was found in 1879 in the moor near Langstrup near Asminderød in Fredensborg Municipality on North Zealand in Denmark while cutting peat, together with a knife with a decorated handle and two large spiral arm rings made of bronze . A country policeman who happened to be passing the farm bought everything. The following year, an employee of the National Museum discovered the find at an antique dealer.
A picture of the disc adorns the Danish 200-krone note from 2010.
The graves of Egtved , Borum Eshøj and Thorsø Høje prove that such spiked discs were worn by women on their belts.