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LOT 1681
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.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.107.
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