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LOT 2024
Viking Age Iron Long-Bladed Socketted Axehead
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (397 grams, 18.9 cm).
Featuring a rounded cutting edge and a long neck, a round socket with four lateral extensions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1960s.
From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.
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LOT 2024
Viking Age Iron Long-Bladed Socketted Axehead
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Scandinavian Viking Iron Sword with Silver Inlaid Hilt
Circa 9th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 14 | Current Bid: £1,800
Double-edged cutting sword of Petersen's Type K, with parallel-sided blade, shallow fullers showing some traces of pattern-welded construction and a possible inscription (+VLFBERHT+?) on both sides, short rectangular-section tang, boat-shaped lower guard with silver ring-chain ornament to the upper face; five-lobed pommel with remains of silver-sheet ornament to lower edge. 770 grams, 69.2 cm long
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13433-261728.
This blade of 9th or 10th century A.D. is most beautifully shaped bearing a possible ‘VLFBERHT’ inscription, with the iron inlay of pattern-welded form. The elements of the hilt are inlaid in silver. Petersen regarded his type K with its characteristic five (rarely seven) lobed pommel as being native by Frankish lands by the Rhine, and speculated that the type came to Norway in the first half of 9th century as a result of Viking raids. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Macehead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Comprising a cylindrical shaft with flared mouth, rounded flanges around the bulb, and horizontal stepped collars. 263 grams, 13.4 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Luristan Bronze Sword Blade
Circa 6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Tapering leaf-shaped type with raised flat-section midrib in the upper third, rounded shoulders with short rectangular-section tang pierced at the upper end; lower blade lozenge-section with light bulb at the point. 358 grams, 46.8 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1980s-2010.
