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LOT 0263
Viking Age Single-Handed Sword with Five-Lobed Pommel
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
32 in. (703 grams, 81.2 cm).
Of Petersen Type K with double-edged tapering blade, shallow fullers; boat-shaped lower and upper guard with five-lobed pommel showing traces of silver inlay. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Otto Kruetz collection, Germany 1980s.
Belgium collection.
UK collection, 2000s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
See Petersen, J., De Norske Vikingsverd, Oslo, 1919; Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002.
Footnotes
It is the decoration and the structure of the sword that suggests classifying it as Petersen Type K, with a similar structure to the famous sword from Ballinderry Bog (Peirce, 2002, pp.63ff.). Other examples of the type are the 9th century sword of Kilmainham, in Dublin, the Ostby farm sword from Oslo, a sword in the Musée de l’Armée, Paris, and the Kilde farm sword from Oslo, the fullers of which are very similar to our model (Peirce, 2002, pp.66-73).
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LOT 0263
Viking Age Single-Handed Sword with Five-Lobed Pommel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
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