10th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with broad curved edge and hooked lower section, narrow neck, socket with rectangular panel to the rear. See Leppäaho, J., Späteisenzeitliche Wafen aus Finnland, Helsinki, 1964, table 62(1), for type.648 grams, 15.5cm (6"). From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s; previously acquired before 1960.[No Reserve]