Copper-alloy, 155 grams, 61.27 mm. Circa 12th -15th century AD. A twelve-pointed cast mace head, reamed to accept a shaft of about 12 mm; the median row of four thick spikes is surrounded above and below by rows of four shorter spikes offset by 45 degrees; a thick collar below secures the mace head to the wooden shaft. Reference: cf. flanged mace head from London in London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, pl. XVII. Very fine condition. Provenance: ex. Netherlands collection.