8th-7th century BC. A substantial bronze spectacle brooch or fibula safety pin, formed as two large tightly-wound coils with figure-of-eight-shaped intermediate coils; a catchplate to the reverse with broken pin. Cf. The Metropolitan Meum of Art, accession number 37.11.18, for a very similar item. 79 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Acquired from Coin Craft, London, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.