Gilded copper-alloy, 4.73 grams, 23.42 mm. 9th-10th century AD. This delicate brooch’s surface is decorated with a series of roundels emerging from hexagonal bases. The gilding is present across most of the surface. On the reverse the pierced lug is still intact. Reference: West. S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998 p.214 fig.96(2). Good very fine condition. Ex property of the deceased estate of J S N Wright.