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LOT 1593
Medieval Iron Crescent-Shaped Axehead
13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
8 5/8 in. (1 kg, 22 cm).
With a thick rectangular-section blade, curved edge and D-shaped section socket with elongated slender neck. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
See Glosek, M., Późnośredniowieczna broń obuchowa w zbiorach polskich (Late medieval blunt weapons in Polish collections), Warszawa-Łódź, 1996, pl.XIII, letters D,H, for similar axeheads.
FootnotesA number of axes of this type have been found in Western Central Europe and the Baltic countries. They were mostly found in the second half of 13th century and 15th century A.D. contexts, but ichnographically attest that they were still in use in the 16th century A.D.
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