5th-8th century AD. A bronze amuletic circletprising a flat section bar and four roundels; each roundel with an impressed image or text including a nativity scene, nimbate figure between alpha and omega, and others; the bar with impressed lozenge motifs and rectangular panels with text 'A?IOC' (holy), 'Y?IA' (healthy) and others. 20 grams, 82mm wide (3 1/4"). Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.