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A Viking Sword Of Petersen Type M And Wheeler Type 19th/10th Century
30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,750 inc. premium
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A Viking Sword Of Petersen Type M And Wheeler Type 1
9th/10th Century
9th/10th Century
In excavated condition, with broad pattern-welded double-edged blade, hilt comprising short flat ovoidal cross-guard, flat tapering tang retaining the remains of its original wooden grips, and short pommel en suite with the guard surmounted by a compressed triangular-shaped pommel
75 cm. blade, 88.3 cm. overall
75 cm. blade, 88.3 cm. overall
Footnotes
See J. Petersen, De Norske Vikingsverd, 1919; R.E. Mortimer Wheeler, London and The Vikings, London Museum Catalogue: no. 1, 1927, pp. 31-32, fig. 13.1; and Ian Peirce, Swords Of The Viking Age, 2002, pp. 84-86
Cf. a very similar example from the E.A. Christensen Collection, sold in these Rooms, 28 November 2012, lot 51 (£7,500 including premium)








