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Lot 130
A Medieval Knightly Sword Of Oakeshot Type XaMid-13th Century
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £10,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Medieval Knightly Sword Of Oakeshot Type Xa
Mid-13th Century
Mid-13th Century
In excavated condition, with broad tapering double-edged blade with central fuller over most of its length on each side, the fuller on one side of the forte with latten-inlaid inscription 'XEXANORSTINO' between latten-inlaid 'S' and cross potent marks, and on the other with an 'S' in a circle between cross potent marks, hilt comprising long cross-piece of tapering rectangular section, flat tapering tang, and large pommel of 'cocked-hat' form
98.8 cm. blade, 118 cm. overall
98.8 cm. blade, 118 cm. overall
Footnotes
For a hilt of similar form in the Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen (inv. no. D8807), see Ewart Oakeshott, Records Of The Medieval Sword, 1991, p. 48, illustrated
The pommel conforms to Oakeshott's Type D. For more information see Ewart Oakeshott, The Sword In The Age Of Chivalry, 1964, pp. 89-90, pl. 2A
Cf. a related sword sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 24 April 2013, lot 189








