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LOT 2066
Viking Iron Bearded Axehead
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (655 grams, 18.5 cm).
Finely curved broad blade with a chin to the lower edge and a spur to the rear, rounded socket with lateral triangular extensions; traces of the original wooden shaft inside the 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 (3); Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, item 4.
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