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A Viking Iron 'Bearded' Axe Head

Currency:USD Category:Antiquities / Other Cultures Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD
A Viking Iron 'Bearded' Axe Head

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Auction Date:2012 Sep 14 @ 10:00 (UTC-6 : CST/MDT)
Location:P.O. Box 714, Erie, Colorado, 80516, United States
Ca. 9th - 10th Century AD, Hand-forged iron axehead with substantial curved blade and elliptical shaft-hole. The profile is square at the lower edge, in the classic skeggöx or 'bearded' profile used as both a weapon and as a grappling iron during naval battles. There are traces of the wooden haft in the hole. Reference: Leppäaho, H. Späteisenzeitliche Waffen aus Finnland, Helsinki, 1964 plate 62(2). 6"L, complete with custom stand. Intact.

Provenance: Ex-Harlan J. Berk, Chicago, IL

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