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LOT 1171
'The Repton' British Viking Iron Bearded Axehead
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (464 grams, 15 cm).
Hand-forged with triangular-section narrow blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with square chin, socket with rounded extensions to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Repton, Nottingham, UK, in the 1960s.
Gary Edwards, York, UK.
Private collection, Preston, UK.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and receipt from Gary Edwards, no.12386.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, item 3.
FootnotesThe bearded axehead were called skeggöks, in Norse language, and had a long edge designated to work split tree-trunks into planks and beams.
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