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LOT 0326
Viking Iron Sword Pommel, Upper Guard and Lower Guard
LATER 10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 - 3 5/8 in. (520 grams total, 77-91 mm).
Comprising: lower guard, lentoid in plan and slightly curved in profile with recessed underside, slot to accept the tang; upper guard, lentoid in plan with scooped long edges; pommel with large median lobe and lateral shoulders, Petersen's Type S. [3]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, formed in the late 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002, p.98-9.
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