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LOT 1366

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

VIKING IRON BEARDED AXEHEAD
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (470 grams, 15 cm).

With scooped socket flanked by lateral wings, broad blade with chin and spur to the lower edge; possibly Baltic workmanship. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.V, item 18.

CONDITION
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