Ancient Coins and Antiquities

Anglo Saxon, mid 6th Century, a gilt-bronze button brooch, 19 mm in diameter, upturned rim, face decorated with a chip carved anthropomorphic face-mask, rudimentary features, round eyes with underlines, moustache and lentoid mouth. hinge and catch plate behind (MacGregor BAR 230, cf 3.3). Near very fine, but rim mostly worn away £100-£150

Found in Hampshire in the 1990’s