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Scandinavian Viking Iron Fire Steel with Bronze Handle with Horses and Riders Scandinavian Viking Iron Fire Steel with Bronze Handle with Horses and Riders Scandinavian Viking Iron Fire Steel with Bronze Handle with Horses and Riders
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LOT 1674

Scandinavian Viking Iron Fire Steel with Bronze Handle with Horses and Riders

9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

2 3/4 in. (35 grams, 69 mm).

Openwork handle formed as stylised addorsed horses with riders, loop above conjoined heads.

Provenance

From 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.

Literature

See Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144, item 1.

CONDITION
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LOT 1674

Scandinavian Viking Iron Fire Steel with Bronze Handle with Horses and Riders

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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