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LOT 1168
Very Large Viking Iron Battle Notched Axehead
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
11 in. (1.36 kg, 28 cm).
Featuring an elongated triangular butt, flanged cylindrical socket, slender neck with broad, flaring cheeks; the blade, upper and lower edges notched.
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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