LOT 1400 Viking Age Broad Axehead
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10th-11th century A.D. An iron axehead with broad flaring triangular-section blade extending to a curved edge, socket with lateral flanges and hammer extension to the rear. Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, plate 14, nos.4-5; Hjardar, K. & Vike, V., Vikings at war, Oxford-Philadelphia, 2016, p.163, for the type. 462 grams, 16.7 cm (6 1/2 in.) Private collection, 1990s. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. The broad axe of type M1 is a weapon specifically designed as battle-axe with the edge, being Þunssleginn, i.e. thinly forged, down towards a thickness of 2.5mm. In battle, the Viking axe was intended to cut and break shields, and was seen as a weapon of working free men rather than the elite. Specialised battle-axes appeared in the second half of the 10th century A.D. [No Reserve]Condition Report: Fine condition.
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