Copper-alloy, 11.05 grams, 46.48 mm. Late 5th-6th century AD. A good example of an early Anglo-Saxon annular brooch, this one is unusual in having the hoop overlapped by 16.8 mm and pierced for the pin (not present). A second ovoid piercing is near the outer edge of the upper level of the overlap. The inner and outer edges are punched with pellet motifs. Reference: West. S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998 p.142 fig.26(2) and MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) BAR British Series 230, 1993, p.86 item 10.23. Very fine condition. Ex property of a gentleman, found Hertfordshire.