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LOT 1362
Viking Age Bearded Iron Axehead
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (588 grams, 15.5 cm).
With broad curved blade and short spur behind the chin, narrow neck, deep socket with square-section hammer to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Californian, USA, gentleman, dating back to the late 1960s.
LiteratureCf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl V, items 16, 17, 20; pl.CXXIV, item 1.
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