Copper-alloy, 10.53 grams, 43.32 mm. 10th-12th century AD. A pendant in the form of a gracefully curved axe-head with a long slicing blade and discoid lobe on the inner face, embellished with an incomplete ring-and-dot motif close to the junction with the neck on both faces. The thick neck is centrally pierced for suspension. Reference: cf. the later medieval example published in Griciuviene, E. Ziemgaliai - The Semigallians, Latvian National Museum, 2005, item 1114. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.