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LOT 1639
Viking Bronze Handled Firesteel with Conjoined Horse Heads
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (28.7 grams, 52 mm).
With bronze handle formed as two opposing dragons, each biting its own tail forming the loops; iron striker below. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144, item 2.
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LOT 1639
Viking Bronze Handled Firesteel with Conjoined Horse Heads
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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