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LOT 1176
Sold for (Inc. bp): £172
ANGLO-SAXON 'NORFOLK' IRON SOCKETTED SPEARHEAD
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
10 in. (134 grams, 25.3 cm).
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
10 in. (134 grams, 25.3 cm).
With lentoid-section lanceolate blade, tapering circular socket with forge-welded split. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found Norfolk, UK, in the 1970s.
Gary Edwards, York, UK.
Private collection, Preston, UK.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and receipt from Gary Edwards, no.SN12480.
LITERATURE:
See Swanton, M.J., The Spearheads of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements, Leeds, 1973.
FOOTNOTES:
The spearhead belongs to the C2 group of the Swanton's classification, by far the commonest leaf-shaped blade found in Anglo-Saxon graves in 6th and 7th centuries A.D. These spears have their broadest part in the lower half, and are lentoid in section. Length varies between 20 and 35 cm.
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