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LOT 1733
Medieval Iron Axehead
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (522 grams, 15.5 cm).
Stamped to one face with work smith's mark, angled lower cheek edge and a sub-oval socket. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Literature
See Glosek, M., Późnośredniowieczna broń obuchowa w zbiorach polskich (Late medieval blunt weapons in Polish collections), Warszawa-Łódź, 1996, pl.XXIII, letters A,B.
Footnotes
The axe seems to be a Xa type in the Glosek classification. The earliest dated examples in Eastern Europe of this kind of axehead come from 14th century, but it is likely that this sub-type also goes back to the 13th century A.D.
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