5th-6th century AD. A matched pair of radiate-headed brooches; each a D-shaped headplate with five lobed extensions, formed as a short neck, ribbed collar and rounded finial; plate decorated with billetted border enclosing a panel of cross-hatching; shallow bow with medial band and lateral billetted borders; trapezoidal footplate with medial billetted band flanked by zones of triangular punchwork and transverse band to the end; spring lug and catchplate to the reverse, with ferrous concretion from the iron pin. See Smith, R.A., British Museum Guide to Anglo-Saxon Antiquities, Trustees of the British Museum, 1923, p.143; Reynal, R., La Vida a Egara durant el segle VI - Els Visigots a Catalunya, Barcelona, 1993. 55 grams total, 88mm (3 1/2"). From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market. [2]