6th century A.D.posed of an s-shaped body, central band of chip-carved zigzags, triangular ear and chevron mouth, crescentic leg beneath the body; discoid cell to the eye with inset garnet cloison; pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. Brugmann, B., The Role of Continental Artefact-Types in Sixth Century Kentish Chronology in Hines, J. et al., The Pace of Change, Studies in Early Medieval Chronology, Oxford, 1999, fig.3.4, phase II; cf. Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item , for similar S-shaped fibulas from Marchélepot, France.11.7 grams, 35 mm (1 3/8 in.). Acquired in the early 1970s. Ex property of a Surrey, UK, collector.For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price