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A Medieval Sword Of Viking Type, Petersen Type X10th/11th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,750 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Medieval Sword Of Viking Type, Petersen Type X
10th/11th Century
10th/11th Century
In excavated condition, with broad tapering double-edged blade with shallow fuller over most of its length on each side to the point, slightly arched quillons of tapering rectangular section, flat slightly tapering tang flattened to form a button over the top of the pommel, and unusual pommel of tapered semi-circular form
74.5 cm. blade, 87.9 cm. overall
74.5 cm. blade, 87.9 cm. overall
Footnotes
For a sword of somewhat similar form, with the exception of the pommel, in the Soumen Kansallismuse, Helsinki (NM 2033:1), see Ian Peirce, Swords Of The Viking Age, 2002, p. 122
Quillons of similar form are found on swords in Viking graves of the 10th Century and were referred to by the Vikings as 'Gaddhjalt' (spike-hilt)








