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LOT 1360
Viking Age Iron Broad Axehead
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7 3/4 in. (627 grams, 19.5 cm).
With elongated butt and flanged cylindrical socket, slender neck with broad, flaring cheeks, raised fore-edge to blade. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, UK, formed 1980s-1990s.
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