Silver, 1.19 grams, 45.37 mm. 7th-10th century AD. A delicate pendant formed from a single billet of silver, looped and tied off to form a suspension ring and the lower portion beaten into a long, lozengiform plate. Punched ring-and-dot decoration has been added to one surface. This piece belongs to the 'weapon pendant' class of amulets which was popular in northern Europe from the Migration Period through to the later Viking Age; the fact that it is formed in silver implies a later rather than an earlier date. The ensiform type remained in use in Scandinavia where it developed into an openwork lozenge. Reference: Nerman, B. Die Vendelzeit Gotlands vol.II, Stockholm, 1969, plate 180 items 1489-92 and Meaney, A. Anglo-Saxon Amulets and Curing Stones, BAR British Series no.96, Oxford, 1981. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, not found in the UK. This item is accompanied by a positive XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.