6th-9th century AD. A sheet bronze diadem with attachment loop to each end, graduated ellipsoid panels with repoussé bars and bosses, stamped guilloche and ring-and-dot ornament, central panel with cross-in-ring to the lower segment. 157 grams, 20.5cm (8"). Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old collection formed in the 1970s. [No Reserve]