LOT 0481 Viking Double-Edged Sword
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8th-9th century AD. A double-edged sword of Petersen's Distinctive Type 2 with tapering broad blade and shallow fullers, boat-shaped lower guard, the large pommel composed of two parts with conical upper part and a boat-shaped lower guard. See Petersen, J., De Norske Vikingsverd, Oslo,1919; Petersen, J., De Norske Vikingsverd, Saint Petersburg, 2005; Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002; Petersen (p.121, fig.72) from Rimstad, Hedrum (Peirce, 2002, p.46), found together with a shield.1.12 kg, 94cm (37"). From an important private family collection of arms and armour; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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