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LOT 0327
Viking Iron Sword Pommel, Upper Guard and Lower Guard
LATER 11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 - 4 1/2 in. (522 grams total, 6.7-11.5 cm).
Comprising: lower guard, parallel-sided in plan with rounded ends and slightly curved in profile with recessed underside, slot to accept the tang; upper guard, lentoid in plan with scooped long edges and section of tang in situ; pommel with large median lobe and lateral shoulders, Petersen's Type Z. [3]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, formed in the late 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002, p.19.
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LOT 0327
Viking Iron Sword Pommel, Upper Guard and Lower Guard
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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