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Viking Age Iron Long-Bladed Axehead
Viking Age Iron Long-Bladed Axehead
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9th-11th century A.D. With triangular-section narrow blade widening to a bevelled edge, socket with rounded extension to the rear. Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, item 3. 723 grams, 19 cm (7 1/2 in.).

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

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Viking Age Iron Long-Bladed Axehead

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