![VIKING BATTLE AXE, 9TH-11TH CENTURY: Well forged iron, 7 1/4” height. Circular eye, with top expanded in both directions for added stability. Elegantly shaped bit of backswept form. These were both thrown as did the Franks, and use](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982139_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
Viking Collectibles
![VIKING BATTLE AXE, 9TH-11TH CENTURY: Well forged iron, 7 1/4” height. Circular eye, with top expanded in both directions for added stability. Elegantly shaped bit of backswept form. These were both thrown as did the Franks, and use](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982139_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![RARE VIKING FIELD ANVIL, 10th-11th CENTURY AD: Forged iron, 3 1/8” length. The top is a tapered, rectangular section and tapered form with flared base over an elongated pyramidal form spike. Used to straighten sword blades, damaged in battle](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982468_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING SMALL KNIFE, 9TH-11TH CENTURY AD: Type known to be prized by Vikings and buried with them. For that reason, it is thought that they had supernatural significance. Recent glacial finds record some with their original grips. See https:/](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982329_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING TANGED ARROWHEAD, 850-1000 AD: 3 1/4" length with fine triangular point on conical foot. Tapered tang. This arrow was made for the classic Viking raid which started with the savage slaughter of anyone encountered until the remainin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982301_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING SCRAMSEAX C.850 - 950 AD: The classic throat slashing knife carried by every Viking male. 5" total length. Wedge section blade of characteristic clipped point profile. Forged out "whittle tang" made for use without a guard. Ex](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982286_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING BATTLE AXE C.850-1050 AD: Well forged iron, 6 7/8” height of thin section distinguishing it from a working axe (tool). Oval eye flared back for added stability. Elegantly shaped bit, flared to both front and back. These](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982202_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING SIDE KNIFE OR POUCH KNIFE, 879-1067 AD: Recovered in Chambridgeshire England. Just over 3 ½ (3.59”)” total length with tapered “whittle tang” which identifies these, as they were used without guards, mounted in a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982158_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING TANGED ARROWHEAD, 850-1000 AD: 3 1/2" length with fine triangular point on conical foot. Tapered tang. This arrow was made for the classic Viking raid which started with the savage slaughter of anyone encountered until the remainin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982299_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING SIDE KNIFE OR POUCH KNIFE, 879-1067 AD: Recovered in Chambridgeshire England. Just over 4” (4.07”) total length with tapered “whittle tang” which identifies these, as they were used without guards, mounted in a wood or a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982444_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING SIDE KNIFE OR POUCH KNIFE, 879-1067 AD: Recovered in Chambridgeshire England. Over 4 3/4” total length with tapered “whittle tang” which identifies these, as they were used without guards, mounted in a wood or antler grip. (Se](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982449_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING IRON HORSE BIT, 9th-10th CENTURY AD: Made in four pieces with split mouth piece and captive side rings. The junctions of rolled cylindrical form with low ribbed decoration. Stable excavated condition. Vikings rode Icelandic ponies.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982220_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING FLINT STRIKER, C.850-1050 AD: Forged iron just over 2 7/8" length. Well forged. Tapered striking bar with open triangle one end, with base point to anchor it when striking. Graceful finger loop opposite. The curvilinear form is su](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982287_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING BATTLE AXE, 8TH-10TH CENTURY AD: 6” height. Forged iron of elegant form. The bit of haunched back swept bearded form with circular socket, flared front and back for stability. Narrow bolster and wedge section bit. Excavated and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982487_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING SLAVE SHACKLE KEY C.10TH-11TH CENTURY AD: Quite intricately made with notched rectangular bit and angled shank with scroll terminal. Just under 5" in length and particularly well forged. Slaving was a primary occupation for Vikings. European](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982228_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING HORSESHOE C.850-1050 AD: 4 3/8” height for the Icelandic pony. Early Medieval form with “pie crust” edge and folded Calkins. 3-3 nail holes for “fiddle key” nails which protruded from the shoe. The pony](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982221_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![XL Huge Dallas Cowboy oil painting of Emmitt, Aikmen, and Irvin: Huge Dallas Cowboy oil painting of Emmitt, Aikmen, and IrvinMedium: oil on canvas. Size Approx : 67 1/2 x 54 inches. unstretched. Will be shipped rolled in tubes and ready to hang like wallpaper, be s](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6190/331304/178691111_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716815315)
![Rare Saxon / Frankish Iron Sword - Scramasax: Ancient Northwestern or Central Europe, Saxon or Frankish/Germanic, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. A forged iron short broadsword called a scramasax. The blade is rather wide for most of its length before](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540267_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![VIKING SIDE KNIFE SCRAMSEAX, 850-1100 AD: 5 3/8” length. Wedge section blade with characteristic downturned point and whittle tang for mounting in a bone or antler grip. (See https://leatherworkingreverend.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/ds](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982225_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
News about Viking Collectibles
![Ancient Viking jewelry for contemporary wear glitters at Jasper52 Jan. 3](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/168171977_1_x.webp)
Ancient Viking jewelry for contemporary wear glitters at Jasper52 Jan. 3
NEW YORK — Treasure hunters have been unearthing ancient relics for hundreds of years throughout Europe and the Americas. A new generation of collectors have embraced these finds as fashionable jewelry and adornments, and an important collection of these items comes to market Wednesday, January 3 at 2 pm Eastern time in an exclusive online […]
![Bronze Viking die found by metal detectorist tops $19K at auction](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Norfolk-Urnes-Credit-Noonans-1-1.jpg)
Bronze Viking die found by metal detectorist tops $19K at auction
LONDON – An 11th-century bronze Viking die that was discovered in a field in Norfolk, England by a metal detectorist achieved a hammer price of £15,000 (about $19,300) at the Noonans Mayfair auction house on July 18 in its Ancient Coins and Antiquities sale. It was bought by a collector in the UK.
![Viking gold jewelry will shine in New York auction, Aug. 25](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Fine-Viking-Coil-ring-850-1050-AD-size-11-14-J52-late-Aug-presale-1.jpg)
Viking gold jewelry will shine in New York auction, Aug. 25
NEW YORK – Though the notion is not complete and utter bunk, Vikings generally didn’t wear helmets with horns on them. They did wear jewelry, however, and their jewelry is remarkably fine and sophisticated for a group of people (not a nation – there’s no such place as Vikland) from medieval Scandinavia who made their […]
![No swords required: fight for Viking treasures online, May 12](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Viking-coil-ring-J52-May-12-preview-1.png)
No swords required: fight for Viking treasures online, May 12
NEW YORK – Vikings get a bad rap. Of course, some of that is deserved; there’s no nice, polite way to raid a village. But the long-ago, long-vanished people who called themselves Vikings – the Scandinavians who reside in what is now Denmark, Sweden, and Norway – behaved in ways that might seem surprising. Archaeologists […]