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LOT 1472
Viking Hooked Iron Axehead
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (366 grams, 20.1 cm).
With broad curved blade and pointed chin, tapering neck, deep socket. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex North American private collection, 1970s.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, items 3-4.
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