2nd century AD. A bronze plate brooch formed as a labrys on a ropework central column; blades decorated with a series of rings, column decorated with pellets; articulated pin and catchplate intact on reverse. Cf. Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, item 7875, for type. 10.6 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). Property of a Staffordshire, UK, gentleman; formerly the property of a Birmingham, UK, gentleman; acquired in the early 1990s. [No Reserve]