Lead, 18.82 grams, 18.63 mm. Circa 8th-10th century AD. A lead disc with a dished top, with a panel of gilt-bronze embedded in the upper surface with chip-carved interlace decoration, possibly a portion of an Irish or Anglo-Saxon mount. This piece would have been used as a hnefi or king-piece in the board-game hnefatafl. Reference: Pollington, S. Mead Hall – Feasting in Anglo-Saxon England, Hockwold-cum-Wilton, 2003, p.136, 220. Published: Hammond, Brett. British Artefacts, volume 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010. Very fine condition. Provenance: Ex K Derby collection.