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Lot 56

A Viking Sword Of Petersen Type E
9th/10th Century, Probably Norwegian

28 November 2012, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Viking Sword Of Petersen Type E
9th/10th Century, Probably Norwegian

In excavated condition, with tapering double-edged blade (lower third missing) with shallow central fuller over its entire length on both sides, hilt comprising thick ovoidal cross-piece decorated with numerous small holes against a vertically hatched ground and retaining faint traces of original silver inlay, flat tapering tang, and two-piece pommel of trilobate form decorated en suite with the cross-piece
52.4 cm. blade, 68.3 cm. overall

Footnotes

Provenance:
Acquired from the Paus Collection in 1944

Literature:
Hoffmeyer, cat. no. 30, pp. 35, 68 and 71, figs. 7 and 14

For an almost identical example considered by Petersen to be associated with the Trondheim region of Norway see Ian Peirce, Swords Of The Viking Age, 2002, p. 46, illustrated

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