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LOT 1464
Viking Age and Later Iron Axehead Group
10TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 - 11 3/4 in. (8.45 kg total, 12-30 cm).
Mainly comprising socketted axeheads and adzes, adze-axes, wedges and other items. [10, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Literature
Cf. Hjardar, K. & Vike, V., Vikings at war, Oxford-Philadelphia, 2016, p.163, for the typology of eastern axes similar to the Viking bearded specimen in our group.
Footnotes
Slavic battle-axes also came into use in Scandinavia, especially in the Eastern part of Gotland, Denmark and Sweden. There were narrow-bladed types, described as being very light. Another characteristic of some of the Eastern axes was an extra long hammer or more rarely a secondary blade protruding from the back of axehead.
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