Copper-alloy, 20.11 grams, 66.51mm. 5th-6th century AD. A cruciform brooch with a square headplate surrounded by three waisted panels with punched roundel detailing. The headplate is cast flat with the surrounding panels, and its border is marked by double scored lines. The deep carinated bow is facetted at both ends. The footplate is decorated by a transverse ribbed collar above the expanding foot which is detailed with punched roundels on the outer edges. The pin lug on the reverse shows the corroded remains of the iron pin, and the catchplate is complete. Reference: cf. the Barrington example (with pelta-shaped plates) in MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, p.104 item 12.24; published in Murawski, P.G. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom>Ely, 2003 p.254 item AO70120. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: found Lincolnshire, England.