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Lot 56
A Viking Sword Of Petersen Type E9th/10th Century, Probably Norwegian
28 November 2012, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £6,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Viking Sword Of Petersen Type E
9th/10th Century, Probably Norwegian
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
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








