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LOT 1525
Viking Age Iron Bearded Axehead
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (531 grams, 15.5 cm).
A hand-forged axehead with rectangular-section narrow blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with square chin, socket with rounded extensions to the rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate LII, items 12, 13, 14, 20, for similar typology.
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, sometimes perforated through the centre.
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