9th-12th century AD. A small iron axehead with curved blade and stepped chin to the lower edge, rectangular-section neck, round socket with flared extension to the rear. Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14(1"). 290 grams, 11.2cm (4 1/2"). Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher; previously in a private Dorset, UK, collection, since the 1990s. [No Reserve]