9th-10th century AD. A bronze animal-head brooch, trapezoidal in plan with triangular panels to the edges of the broader end, pecked texture across the surface, hole to the upper end; backplate absent. Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 3.29, for type. 32 grams, 49cm (2"). From a central London collection; previously in a European collection formed 1979-1989. [No Reserve] Condition Report Fine condition.