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LOT 1312
Viking Age Iron Socketted Spearhead Group
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/4 - 11 in. (425 grams total, 26-28 cm).
Comprising two short Baltic Prussian spearheads with lentoid-section lanceolate blade, short neck and tapering circular socket with single hole for attachment pin; remains of wood inside one of the shafts. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXX, items 2,11.
FootnotesPrussian horsemen, like the Lithuanian and Livonian, were ‘light - armed’, as the Prussian documents say, yet their equipment, of sword and spear, helmet and even shirt of mail, was sufficient to enable them to hold their ground against the Teutonic forces.
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