Anglo-Saxon 'Zoomorphic' Disc Brooch
Copper-alloy, 5.60 grams, 29.84 mm. The central field shows a rearing beast, its head bent back and its jaws opened to capture its tail. The design is reserved against the field, surrounded with two concentric annular ridges. There are traces of the iron pin on the reverse, but the lug is missing. Reference: West. S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998 p.163 fig.46(2) and 8 and compare the coin motif at Abramson, T. Sceattas: An Illustrated Guide p.74, Series X, item X800. Very fine condition.