Silver, 8.13 grams, 18.08 mm. 10th-11th century AD. A hollow cast tubular bead with thickened rims and three rows of applied annulets. Beads of this kind were used by high-status females on swags strung between brooches or pins on the upper chest. Reference: cf. beads in the Latvian Ipšas hoard in Hardh, B. Silver in the Viking Age: A Regional-Economic Study, Stockholm, 1996, p.125. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old European collection.