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LOT 1428

Viking Age Narrow Iron Axehead

CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

5 in. (229 grams, 12.6 cm).

With triangular-section long blade extending to a socket with small lateral flanges and rectangular extension to the rear.

Provenance

Property of London businessman, from his grandfather's collection after WW2; thence by family descent.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.

Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.V, item 23.

CONDITION
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LOT 1428

Viking Age Narrow Iron Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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