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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]
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.14, item 3.
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