11th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with broad socket and flat reverse, narrow neck flaring to a broad blade with curved cutting edge. Cf. Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari IV. A History of Weapons and Ornaments, Helsinki, 2000, pl.48(7"). 495 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher; previously in a private collection in Belfast, Northern Ireland, since the 1990s. [No Reserve]