Lead, 17.32 grams, 19.12 mm. Circa 8th-10th Century A.D. A lead disc with a dished top, with a panel of iron embedded in the upper surface, possibly a portion of an iron rivet. This piece would have been very suitable for use as the hnefi or ‘king-piece’. Reference: Pollington, S. Mead Hall – Feasting in Anglo-Saxon England, Hockwold-cum-Wilton, 2003, p.136, 220. Ex K Derby collection. Very fine condition.