Copper-alloy, 17.91 grams, 53.15 mm. 10th-12th century AD. A pendant in the form of a square-end axe-head with a discoid lobe on the inner face, embellished with an inner double border, a series of punched roundels and incised triangles, and pierced centrally through the blade. 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.