Viking Iron Broad Axehead

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

6 1/8 in. (670 grams, 15.5 cm).

With rectangular spurs above and below the curved socket, a medium-broad flaring triangular-section blade extending to a curved edge; remains 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. Williams, G., Pentz, P. & Wemhoff, M., Vikings Life and Legend, London, 2014, item 25, p.90, a similar axe from a male burial in Hellvi (Gotland, grave 222B).

CONDITION

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