10th-11th century AD. A silver-gilt pendant with Borre-style beast and integral suspension loop with herringbone detailing; the openwork plaque with three-band pelletted border and scrolled florid panels, opposed internal beasts with granulated panel to the shoulder, gripping hands to the body and border, facing mask below the loop with cruciform brow panel and pellet eyes. Cf. Korshyn, V.E. Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, items K.2.01-03. 9.7 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975.