Silver-gilt, 4.94 grams, 68.98 mm. 7th-9th century AD. A sturdy dress-pin with parallel-sided shaft and globular head decorated with three filigree hoops above and below the equator which bears a filigree band; each hoop contains three smaller hoops with a central granulation, and there are additional hoops with granulation next to the equator. A small additional loop is placed at the junction of the shaft and head. 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].