Copper-alloy, 5.40 grams, 75.48 mm. 7th-9th century AD. A delicate dress pin of classic Middle Saxon 'hipped pin' profile with a slight bulb above the central zone. The head is a hollow globe decorated with three large filigree hoops above the equatorial filigree band, each hoop containing three smaller hoops with granulation. The design below the equator mirrors that in the upper hemisphere. The pin is surmounted by a knot in silver filigree. Reference: West. S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998 p.127 fig.3. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from the Lord McAlpine of West Green collection [with old sales label].