Silvered Copper-alloy, 3.73 grams, 19.36 mm. 5th-6th century AD. A finely moulded button brooch of Avent and Evison's Class Bi showing the classic male human mask with its helmet detail including the inverted chevron above the brow and the cheek-pieces framing the eyes and mouth. On the reverse the attachments points for the pin lug and catchplate are visible. The narrow rim is present for most of the circumference. Reference: Avent, R. and Evison, V.I. Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches in Archaeologia, vol. CVII, 1982. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Wiltshire, England.