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LOT 1419

Viking Age Iron Socketted Spearhead

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

12 1/2 in. (270 grams, 31.6 cm).

Leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib extending to round-section tapering socket with fastening hole; restored and conserved. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1419

Viking Age Iron Socketted Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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