Viking Short Hammer-Butted Axehead

9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with broad curved blade, short neck, curved edge with chin and spur to the lower edge, faceted socket, flared square hammer face to the rear. 592 grams, 15.2cm (6"

Ca. 900-100 AD. An iron axe head comprising a short, curved blade, elongated cheek, lozenge-shaped poll and round socket. Fair condition; mounted on a custom-made stand. The bearded axe, or Skeggøx

9th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with short shaft, curved blade, socket with extended panel to the rear; mounted on a modern decorative handle. 1.2 kg, 51cm (20"). Property of a London collector;

9th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with short shaft, curved blade, deep socket; mounted on a modern decorative handle. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, table 14(8"). 1.3 kg, 75cm

9th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with short shaft, curved blade, socket with extended panel to the rear; mounted on a modern decorative handle. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940,

9th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with short blade and scooped lower edge, curved blade, socket with spurs to the lower edge and triangular notch to the rear. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v E

9th-11th century AD. A hoard of silver and ceramic items comprising: a chatelaine with pendants (ear-scoop, tweezers, hammer, pelta-shaped plaque, axe-head); a group of twenty-nine small fittings and

Ca. 900-1000 ADAn iron axe head with a curved blade, slim cheek, elliptical shaft-hole, and a hammer poll.Axes were commonly used within the Viking communities, almost everything was formed of wood ma

9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with long, deeply curved blade, short neck, socket with triangular wings above and below. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14(1"). 843 grams,

9th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with long, deeply curved blade, short neck, socket with triangular wings above and below; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epok

9th-12th century AD. A hand-forged iron axehead with long, deeply curved blade, short neck, socket with triangular wings above and below; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i B

9th-11th century AD. An iron axe-hammer comprising a barrel-shaped socket, short shank and square blade with straight edge, round-section shank to the rear with cuboid finial, punched with a saltire o

1st millennium BC. A substantial bronze axehead with square cutting edge, broad blade developing to a bulbous median section and round socket, short neck to the rear with square hammer face. 573 grams

Circa 10th-12th century A.D.. With broad curved blade and short spur beneath the chin, narrow neck, deep socket with extended edge to the reverse. Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940,

10th-11th century A.D. An iron bearded axehead with broad flaring triangular-section blade and chin to the lower edge, round socket with lateral flanges and rounded hammer extension to the rear. Cf. A

9th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with long narrow blade flared from the mid-point to a gently curved edge, lateral wings to the socket and flat hammer-face to the rear. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri

10th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with narrow T-shaped blade, curved edge, lozenge wings to the socket, hammer-head to the rear. 453 grams, 16.5cm (6"). From the family collection of a South East

9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with curved edge to the blade, angled facetted socket, hammer-face to the reverse, panels of incised hatching to the socket and blade. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die

9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with wings to the socket and long hammer to the rear. 373 grams, 20.5cm (8"). From an old German collection, formed in the 1990s. [No Reserve]

11th century AD. An iron axehead with lateral spurs to the socket, triangular-section blade with lower extension and spur to the rear, square hammer face to the rear. Cf. Roesdahl, E & Wilson, D. From

Ca. 1000-1200 AD. Medieval Western Europe/Viking. An iron axe head with a curved blade, triangular cheek, elliptical shaft-hole, and short butt. The blade has remarkable decoration in the form of an i

Ca. 1000-1200 AD. Viking Age. An iron battle axe with a short, curved blade, arched cheek, and heavy, reinforced poll. The cheek is decorated with incised geometric patterns. The bearded axe, or Skegg

Ca. 900-1100 AD An iron bearded axe head with a slender and long curved blade and a reinforced poll that may have been used as a hammer. The profile of the blade is square at the lower edge in the cla

9th-12th century AD. A T-shaped iron axehead with flared socket; Baltic workmanship. 479 grams, 15cm (6"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v E