Copper-alloy, 2.44 grams, 23.40 mm. Circa 6th century AD. A sub-triangular mount with a thickened border enclosing a tongue-shaped panel. A fine, moulded border runs parallel to the panel’s edges, containing a zoomorph comprising a characteristic curved beak and brow below a simple rope-twist body. The gilding remains on the central panel and the mounting pins are present on the reverse. Reference: similar to details of the headplate decoration of the Ipswich great square-headed brooch. See West. S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998 p.179 fig.61(1). Very fine condition.