9th-11th century AD. A bronze dress pin with round-section tapering shank, openwork head with vertical interlaced band below a knot and four lateral beast-heads with three facing male masks to the upper edge. Cf. Thunmark-Nylén, L. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II: Typentafeln, Stockholm, 1998, pl.301 (Eke Smiss, SHM 4078"). 125 grams, 29cm (11 1/2"). Property of a professional collector; acquired before 1990. Very fine condition. Professionally cleaned and conserved.