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LOT 1409

Viking Age Iron Long-Bladed Axehead

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

7 1/2 in. (723 grams, 19 cm).

With triangular-section narrow blade widening to a bevelled edge, socket with rounded extension to the rear. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, item 3.

CONDITION

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LOT 1409

Viking Age Iron Long-Bladed Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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