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Viking Age Decorated Bronze Broad Axehead Pendant Viking Age Decorated Bronze Broad Axehead Pendant Viking Age Decorated Bronze Broad Axehead Pendant
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LOT 1657

Viking Age Decorated Bronze Broad Axehead Pendant

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (5.2 grams, 33 mm wide).

Formed with a ropework band to the edge of each cheek and the socket, doubling as the suspension loop.

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. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.107.

CONDITION
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LOT 1657

Viking Age Decorated Bronze Broad Axehead Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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