Silver, 1.78 grams, 30.94 mm.10th-13th century AD. A finely made silver earring of a type associated with Viking-period Finnic cultures of the eastern Baltic. The lower section is formed as an expanding semicircular plate with 'keyhole' cut-out on the upper edge, with punched pellet decoration, extending to a thin recurved bar forming the suspension loop. Reference: cf. Sedov, V.V. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, 1987, p.271 figs.6,8, p.330 fig.16. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old European collection. This antiquity is accompanied by an XRF metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.