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LOT 1646
Scandinavian Viking Iron Fire Steel with Bronze Handle with Conjoined Horse Heads
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (31 grams, 54 mm).
Bronze handle formed as two opposing horse-heads on ribbed necks, slot to underside to accept the verrous striker.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144, item 2.
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LOT 1646
Scandinavian Viking Iron Fire Steel with Bronze Handle with Conjoined Horse Heads
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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