9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with gently curved blade and chin to the lower edge, flat-section neck, rounded socket with lateral triangular extensions and a rectangular vertical extension to the rear. Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14(1), for type. 730 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher; previously in a private Dorset, UK, collection, since the 1990s. [No Reserve]