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LOT 1374
Viking Age Iron Bearded Axehead
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (221 grams, 11.1 cm).
With triangular-section narrow blade widening to a broad bevelled edge and square chin, flared socket. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a Californian, USA, gentleman, dating back to the late 1960s.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, item 3.
Footnotes
The more commonly used weapons of the Finno-Ugrian people were axes, commonly found in all Finnic areas, as well as spears. Iron axeheads of this typology show a sub-trapezoidal asymmetrical blade, often perforated through the centre.
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