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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.
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