Copper-alloy, 4.08 grams, 31.08 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A miniature axehead with a slot in the rear and notch in the lower edge. Votive miniature weapons were made to be offered to the gods by the military to accompany prayers for good luck and in gratitude for previous good fortune. Reference: cf. discussion of votive offering in Bowles, C.R. Rebuilding the Britons: the postcolonial archaeology of culture and identity in the late antique Bristol Channel region, BAR vol.52, Oxford, 2007. Good fine condition. Provenance: found Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England.