Anglo-Saxon 'Collared' Dress Pin
Copper-alloy, 3.11 grams, 65.84 mm. 6th-9th century AD. A cast dress pin comprising an elliptical-section shaft, D-section collar and carinated knop. Reference: West, S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon material from Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998 item 11 from Barham. Very fine condition. Provenance: found East Yorkshire, England.