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Circular in plan and comprising a thin sheet backing plate with applied tall sides set perpendicular to create a mount for the stone; the sides formed from six bands of twisted wire that are set at alternating directions to create a chevron pattern; the aperture of the mount made from flat and undecorated sheet metal that folded inwards to hold the stone in place, the setting a cabochon-cut red stone, believed to be amber. 1.51 grams, 14 mm



Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Twyning, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK, on Sunday 17th August 2025 by Ben Williams; recorded as Treasure and disclaimed by the Crown with Treasure case tracking no.2025 T1597. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.GLO-D25ABA.

Discoid in plan with raised rim and inner ridge decorated with notches, six radiating arms with notch detailing and interstitial chevrons; central knop rivetted from reverse; remains of catch to reverse. 20.4 grams, 37 mm



Found Seaham, Co Durham, UK. Property of a Durham private collector.

The saucer brooch was one of the commonest types of brooches used by Anglo-Saxon women, usually occurring in matched pairs on the chest. This typology extends in time from the 5th to the late 6th century, especially diffused south of the Humber and East of the Severn, with a concentration in the south Midlands and Upper Thames Valley.

With curved profile, openwork design in Winchester Style, attachment lug to reverse. 6.47 grams, 30 mm



From the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s.

The decoration shows influence from Scandinavian Ringerike Style.

Irregular fragment of a bronze panel with reserved saltire and central pierced roundel; flanking panels of low-relief spirals, triquetras, scrolls and other motifs; possibly Hiberno-Saxon work. 6.65 grams, 44 mm



Acquired circa 1980. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Biconical in form, with flat top and bottom surfaces, central perforation measuring 9.2 mm; both surfaces decorated with raised motifs including a non-standard rune shape (but similar to the Hægel rune). 29.1 grams, 28 mm



Found near Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LIN-5C4312.

The raised design resembles some Anglo-Saxon runes: for example, the Hægel rune with a pellet, Yr rune and others. Perhaps the motifs were designed by someone who had seen runes in a text somewhere.

Mixed group of items, including a pin finial, strap end, the head-plate from a brooch, and others. 124 grams total, 15-51 mm



Found Suffolk, UK.

Comprising the rectangular headplate from a cruciform brooch (Group IV(dii)) with raised central panel bearing horseshoe stamps on the lateral edges, trapezoidal wings and three integrally-cast waisted lugs each with a D-shaped panel to the outer edge; deep bow of curved section with central square-section knop and spandrels at each end; portion of footplate with lateral lappets each formed as a Style I profile bird-head; portion of catch to reverse and ferrous mass marking the remains of the iron pin. 54.3 grams, 81 mm



From the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s.

Finial from the headplate of a cruciform brooch with plano-convex mask in conical brimmed hat, crescent below with bird-head terminals; remains of attachment loops to reverse. 2.3 grams, 21 mm



Found near Gunthorpe, North Norfolk, UK, on Friday 22nd October 2021. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-43286D.

Comprising: a pin with a ring-and-dot decorated finial; two brooch pin fragments; four pin finials with ring-and-dot decoration; a beast-head strap end; a large section of a trefoil-headed brooch; a lead pendant with cross motifs; a pin head with a quatrefoil. 47.7 grams total, 9-56 mm



Found Norfolk, Lincolshire and Yorkshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.

Discoid brooch with bilinear frame and a low-relief motif of a beast facing back; catchplate and remains of pin lugs and base of loop for a swag of beads to the reverse. 10.3 grams, 27 mm



Found near North Kelsey, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.

Finial from the headplate of a cruciform brooch with plano-convex mask and crescent below; attachment lug to reverse. 4.34 grams, 21 mm



Found near Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, UK. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a rectangular-in-plan cap with a median lobe and scooped edges, a small attachment lug to each short end; outer faces of the lobe with a neat circular socket; a recess to the underside. 13.9 grams, 49 mm



Found UK. From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.