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LOT 0309
Viking Danish Iron Broad Axehead
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (370 grams, 18.5 cm).
Of asymmetrical profile with reinforced curved cutting edge, triangular-section socket with flanking spurs to upper and lower edges.
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Published
Exhibited at Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 3rd February-9th March 2024; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefact on display.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14(5); Hjardar K. and Vike, V., Vikings at War, Oxford, 2016, p.162, for a similar specimen from Troms, dated 1000-1050 A.D.
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