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LOT 1629
Viking Age Iron Bearded Axehead
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (659 grams, 15.5 cm).
With triangular section narrow blade widening to a curved bevelled edge with square chin and rear spur, D-section socket. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14, item 3.
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Viking Age Iron Bearded Axehead
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With triangular section narrow blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with square chin, rounded socket. 487 grams, 16.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Viking Age Iron Broad Axehead
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With broad curved blade and pointed chin, broad neck, deep socket with square reverse. 222 grams, 13 cm
From the collection of a Californian, USA, gentleman, dating back to the late 1960s. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Style Entwined Beast Stirrup Mount
11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
A rare variant of Williams's Class A Type 10b, a heater-shaped plaque with pierced lug at the apex, two piercings below, low-relief openwork Urnes style design with standing beast and entwined tendrils, narrow ledge to the reverse, the apex terminating in a diamond shape. 30.48 grams, 54 mm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
The mount has the decorative scheme of Williams's Class A Type 10b but its proportions are closer to his Class A Type 11 with a narrow and elongated upper knop.
