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LOT 1826

Viking Age Bronze Fire Steel with Goat

10TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/8 in. (41 grams, 54 mm).

A bifacial bronze firesteel with iron striking blade, formed as a regardant goat biting its tail; Finno-Ugric type.

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate LXX, item 19, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 1826

Viking Age Bronze Fire Steel with Goat

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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