10th-11th century AD. A triangular-shaped bronze pommel, its lower edges convex and open, the outer faces divided into five lobes, increasing in size from the edges to the centre, each separated from its neighbour by a groove; the central lobe with an oval-shaped perforation on the upper face for the tang to pass through. Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS, including IOW-B4598E, LVPL-C0264A, BERK-4E7837, BERK-A7A6C1, NCL-6ACEB3, SF-D241B4, KENT-FF5D6C, WMID-054E94, and SOM-62AFCC; for a sword with a similar pommel see Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002, p.102; of type L, p.80. 58 grams, 55mm (1"). Property of a Kent, UK gentleman; found Ivychurch, Kent, 2020; accompanied by a copy of the relevant Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.PAS KENT-FF5D6C. This is an example of Petersen's Type S pommel sword, a fusion of Anglo-Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon fashions, usually dated to the 10th or 11th century. The marked boat shape, however, could refer also to sword of type L.