Viking Sword Pommel
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10th century AD. A heavy, iron sword pommel of Petersen's Type L with sub-triangular profile, a pair of opposed spiral elements to each face sprouting from a central column with a trilobed 'crest' above, lobed feature on the upper edge of the base; insertion point at the base for the tang. Cf. Peirce, I. Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002, p.77ff. 252 grams, 63mm (6 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; previously in an old English collection formed in the 1950s. In overall form this pommel resembles the famous example from the River Witham at Monks Abbey, Lincoln, although the decoration is more reminiscent of the Winchester Style of manuscript art. The River Witham sword belongs to the small group of weapons bearing the +LEUTLRIT (and variants) name; it is possible that the present piece is an Anglo-Scandinavian copy of the same date and type.
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Viking Sword Pommel
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