9th-10th century AD. A discoid silver-gilt pendant with integral loop, border enclosing a low-relief image of a male facing mask between two birds embraced at the necks. Cf. Hammond, B. M., British Artefacts Volume 2 - Middle Saxon and Viking, p.57, item 1.5.3-f.; and Korshyn, V.E., Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item M.2.02. 3.34 grams, 23mm (1"). Property of a Staffordshire, UK, gentleman; formerly in the private collection of a Dorset gentleman since the 1980s; before that from a German collection in Hamburg; accompanied an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.164344/7/10/2020.