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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.
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