6th century AD. A bronze patrix die with raised rim and central void, band of running scrolls within borders; intended to create blanks for saucer brooches, Cf. saucer brooches in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford in MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, esp. item 2.3. 26 grams, 47mm (1 3/4"). Property of a lady living in Kent, UK; formerly part of her grandfather's collection; acquired in Germany after WWII; thence by descent 2006. [No Reserve]Fine condition, small casting flaw.