9th-12th century AD. A hand-forged iron axehead with flared blade, curved edge, sub-circular socket with lateral spurs above and below, slightly convex rectangular butt; engraved on both faces with three bands of concentric chevrons on the cheek, a band of hatched lozenges between two lines at the neck, a series of horizontal lines between three lines on the spurs, and a band of hatched lozenges towards the butt. 309 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a Sussex, UK, gentleman; before that in a private collection in Dorset, UK, since the 1980s. [No Reserve]