Silver, 6.24 grams; 112.47 mm, 4.42 inches. Circa 10th-11th century AD. A finely-made hair pin with a tapering shaft connected to a ‘poppy’ terminal. The lower zone of the head is plain and the central zone is decorated with vertical billets; the upper zone bears punched roundels in linear formations. Pins with this form of head are found from the 7th century onwards. Reference: MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) BAR British series 230, Oxford, 1993 item 31.6 and Härdh, B. Silver in the Viking Age: A Regional-Economic Study, Stockholm, 1996. Good very fine condition. Ex old English collection.