15th-16th century AD. An iron hammer or horseman's pick with flat-section handle, transverse head with one flat hammer face and elongated spike to the rear, inlaid brass and copper pellets to each face, copper ring below the hammer face. 605 grams, 44cm (17 1/4"). From a private family collection; previously acquired from a collection formed before 1990; thence by descent. [No Reserve]