Copper-alloy, 9.98 grams, 132 mm. 7th-9th century AD. A good example of an Anglo-Saxon hipped pin cast in one piece with a slight bulb placed centrally on the pin. The polyhedral terminal sits above a small collar. Pellet punchmarks, now abraded, appears on some of the upper facets. Reference: Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, p.98 item 69(m). Very fine condition, cleaned and conserved. Provenance: from an old English collection, found Cambridgeshire, England.