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LOT 1131

Viking Age and Later Iron Axehead Group

12TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.

6 1/2 - 9 1/4 in. (9.5 kg total, 16-23.5 cm).

Mainly comprising socketted axeheads and hammer-butt adzes, together with other weapons. [10]

Provenance

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Literature

See Glosek, M., Późnośredniowieczna broń obuchowa w zbiorach polskich (Late medieval blunt weapons in Polish collections), Warszawa-Łódź, 1996, pl.XXX, letter B, for some of these axes.

Footnotes

On type of axehead here presented, with similar specimens found in the territories of the Teutonic Order, was by far the most popular form of axe which remains unchangeable and continues to be used in the Baltic to this day. It appears in East European territories as early as the mid 13th century A.D.

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LOT 1131

Viking Age and Later Iron Axehead Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

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