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LOT 1128

Viking Iron Danish Type Broad Axehead

9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

6 in. (334 grams, 15.5 cm).

Featuring flanges to the socket, a rectangular butt and cheeks with shorter upper and longer lower edges.

Provenance

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

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LOT 1128

Viking Iron Danish Type Broad Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,211

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