£150
Anglo-Saxon Button Brooch. Class A2 type, 450-550 AD. Copper-alloy, 1.83g. 16.16 mm. The brooch depicts a face within a concentric circle. An inverted V made of two inward-curving lines form the hair with the eyes below within a triangular area, against a triangular nose. The cheeks to either side are semi-circular and the mouth beneath is open and a pointed-oval in outline. Recorded on the PAS database: IOW-4DDBB8. Ref: Suzuki, S, 2008; Anglo Saxon Button Brooches Typology, Genealogy, Chronology.
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