9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with slender blade and chin to the lower edge, each side of the blade with a band of pellet-in-triangle punchmarks, a shallow rectangular recess originally to both sides with a border of punched pellet-in-triangle motifs; round socket with lateral triangular flanges and long rectangular extension to the rear. 660 grams, 17.5cm (7"). Ex private English collection, 1960s-1970s.[No Reserve]