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LOT 1462

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

VIKING AGE IRON BEARDED AXEHEAD
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (331 grams, 14 cm).

With gently curving blade, long neck with a spur, round socket with vertical flanges. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From a North American collection formed in the 1970s-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

PUBLISHED:
Exhibited at the Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 12th March-9th June 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14(1).

CONDITION
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