Copper-alloy, 3.60 grams, 28.82 mm. 5th-6th century AD. The pendant is fashioned in the style of the Scandinavian and Anglian bracteates, as a circular flan with a beaded rim and ribbed suspension loop. The central design features a bearded male with outstretched arms and expanding body. The arms are decorated with a row of beading, expanding at the outer edges into v-shaped hands. Below each arm is a triangular flap with a pellet beneath. The figure's right hand is placed by a vertical rod which extends to head-height and ends in a vertical beaded section. Above the left arm is a single punched roundel. The figure's pose is reminiscent of the 'dancing warriors' on the frontal plates of the Sutton Hoo helmet, with the vertical rod representing a spear. Reference: Hedeager, L. Myth and Art: A Passport to Political Authority in Scandinavia during the Migration Period in The Making of Kingdoms: Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History, vol.10, Oxford, 1999 and Franceschi, G., Jorn, A. & Magnus, B. Mennesker, Guder og Masker i Nordisk Jernalderkunst, Valby, 2005. Edge nibbled, otherwise good very fine condition.