Viking Iron Sword Pommel and Lower Guard

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

3 - 3 5/8 in. (480 grams total, 77-92 mm).

Comprising: lower guard, lentoid in plan with recessed underside, slot to accept the tang; pommel with integral upper guard, Petersen's Type X with semicircular profile and raised upper section, slot for tang in the underside. [2]

Provenance

London, UK, collection, formed in the late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002, p.120.

CONDITION

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