Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Five-Lobed Sword Pommel

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/8 in. (61 grams, 54 mm).

Of Petersen's Type S (Wheeler Type III) with five graduated lobes; hollow, the lower face a swept arc; pierced through the tallest lobe to accept the tang of the sword's blade. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found UK.
From an Colchester, UK, collection.

Literature

See Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002, p.104-5.

CONDITION

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