Copper-alloy, 19.87 grams, 209 mm. 9th-11th century AD. A sturdy round-section pin with its upper end split, flattened and coiled into two spirals. Pins of this kind were used by high-status women among the Baltic Vikings to secure their shawls and cloaks. Reference: cf. Griciuviene, E. Ziemgaliai - The Semigallians, Latvian National Museum, 2005, items 225-6. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.