VIKING GILT-BRONZE AXE-SHAPED PENDANT WITH HEAD OF ODIN Ca. AD 500 - 700. A crescent-shaped axe pendant cast in bronze and gilded on the upper portion, which depicts a stylised face of Odin with prominent round eyes and curled elements forming a headdress. For similar see: T. Martin, Dressing the Anglos-Saxon body: corporal. meanings and Artefacts in Early England, 2014, F. 2 The main types of early Saxon brooch. (a) Great square-headed brooch from Lakenheath, Suffolk. (b) Cruciform brooch from West Stow, Suffolk. (c) Small long brooch from Great Chesterford, Essex. (d) Saucer brooch from Welford, Berkshire (PAS find number BERK-A6EC93). Size: 20mm x 20mm; Weight: 4g Provenance: London collection; Ex. Mayfair collection, acquired from an Ancient Art gallery; formerly acquired on the London art market pre-2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.