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Viking Long-Cheeked Iron Axehead Viking Long-Cheeked Iron Axehead Viking Long-Cheeked Iron Axehead
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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.

CONDITION
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LOT 1827

Viking Long-Cheeked Iron Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195

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