Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Anglo-Saxon, a gilt-bronze Saucer Brooch, 6th cent. AD, 4.5cm diameter, height 1.1cm with a flared rim, chip carved design with a small central pierced cross and pellet in each angle, four equidistant anthropomorphic face masks around, each with pellet eyes and elongated nostrils pointing to the centre, basketry ornamentation between each head, around the perimeter are semi-circular patterns, hinge and catch plate behind with traces of the iron pin remaining. Extremely fine with 90% of the gilding remaining. £600-£800

Provenance: Found at Princes Risborough (Buckinghamshire), 2021, using an XP Deus on a ploughed field at a depth of 3 inches. Awaiting a PAS report.

Saucer brooches were worn in pairs by women and girls at the shoulder or the breast. They are generally found in the Thames valley