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Viking Socketted Spearhead with Serpent-Heads
Viking Socketted Spearhead with Serpent-Heads
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Description
9th-11th century AD. An iron spearhead with flat leaf-shaped blade, tapering split socket with circumferential lines to the mouth; to each face at the neck, a serpent's face with ring-and-dot eyes, hatched body, triangular mouth gripping the blade. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, table 8(10"). 228 grams, 29.5cm (11 1/2"). Property of a lady living in Kent, UK; formerly part of her grandfather's collection; acquired in Germany after WWII; thence by descent 2006.
Condition
Fine condition.
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Viking Socketted Spearhead with Serpent-Heads

Estimate £300 - £400
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Starting Price £180
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