Copper alloy, 6.96 grams; 40.86 mm. Circa 2nd Century A.D. Derivative type bird in fight/fly brooch. The body can be interpreted as either the bird or fly, for the bird it’s obvious that the wings are spread out to the side of the protruding head and neck getting narrower towards the tail which, if looked at from the birds head back is again very obviously a fly. Decorated with yellow and green enameled cells and silvering this is a very rare and interesting brooch with no similarities being listed in Richard Hattatt’s Ancient Brooches. Extremely Fine condition and with pin. Found Bury St Edmund's, Suffolk.