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LOT 1827
Viking Long-Cheeked Iron Axehead
ENGLAND, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (541 grams, 18 cm).
Gently curved narrow blade with scoop to the lower edge, a rounded socket with lateral triangular extensions; conserved with brown wax. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Repton, Derbyshire, UK, the site of an important Viking battle.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14 (3), for type.
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