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Viking Iron Sword Pommel, Upper Guard and Lower Guard Viking Iron Sword Pommel, Upper Guard and Lower Guard Viking Iron Sword Pommel, Upper Guard and Lower Guard
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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]

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002, p.98-9.

CONDITION
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LOT 0326

Viking Iron Sword Pommel, Upper Guard and Lower Guard

Sold for (Inc. bp): £910

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