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LOT 1348
Anglo-Saxon Iron Socketted Spearhead
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/4 in. (190 grams, 26 cm).
Lentoid-section leaf-shaped blade with slender neck and long closed socket; Swanton's Group D1. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Wetwang, East Yorkshire, UK.
Acquired circa 2005.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Cf. Swanton, M.J. Spearheads of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements, London, 1973, fig.18(d).
FootnotesA small number of leaf-shaped blades measuring between some 16 and 28 cm in length are similar to the smaller leaf-shaped pieces of the Swanton series C, except that they tend to be more slender overall. The socket is always narrowly split up its entire length.
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