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LOT 1603
Viking Iron Bearded Axehead
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
6 7/8 in. (755 grams, 17.5 cm).
With triangular section narrow blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with square chin and rear spur, rounded socket. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14, item 3; Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, table V, items 16, 17, 20.
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