Scandinavian Viking Massive Danish Broad Axehead

9TH-11TH CENTURY AD

8 1/4" (1.65 kg total, 20.8cm).

A hand-forged iron broad axehead of symmetrical profile with reinforced curved cutting edge, triangular-section socket with flanking spurs to upper and lower edges; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14(5).

CONDITION

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LOT 0507

Scandinavian Viking Massive Danish Broad Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,968

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