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A Sword Of Viking Type, Oakeshott's Type XI12th/13th Century
25 November 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,750 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Sword Of Viking Type, Oakeshott's Type XI
12th/13th Century
12th/13th Century
In excavated condition, with broad tapering double-edged blade with wide central fuller over most of its length on both sides, the fuller on one side at the forte incised with a cross potent, hilt comprising straight tapering quillons of rectangular section swelling at the tang, flat tapering tang, and large Brazil-nut pommel (some flaking)
83 cm. blade, 98.5 cm. overall
83 cm. blade, 98.5 cm. overall
Footnotes
For a related sword in the Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, see Ewart Oakeshott, Records Of The Medieval Sword, 1991, p. 55, XI.3








