VIKING BRONZE AXE-SHAPED AMULET

Ca. AD 700 - 900. A bronze amulet cast in the form of an axe with flared blade and hooked terminals. The shaft is narrow and rises to a flaring collar beneath a flattened suspension loop. For similar see: The Archaeological Museum in Kraków, Inventory number: MAK/3664. Size: 51mm x 55mm; Weight: 15.4g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s.