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LOT 1449
Viking Age Iron Socketted Spearhead
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
11 1/2 in. (204 grams, 29 cm).
Leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib extending to round-section tapering socket with fastening hole; professionally cleaned, conserved, and restored. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.7(3), for type.
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