Description:

Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A lengthy iron spear head bearing a tapered socketing shaft with a flared lower periphery, a tapering neck, and a petaloid blade that is bent along the top and tip. The degree of tip curvature indicates the result of attempting to pierce something much harder than itself, though not so hard as to damage the integrity of the point itself. Size: 12.9" L x 0.9" W (32.8 cm x 2.3 cm)

Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Graber, Uppsala, 1940, table 8.

Provenance: private Fort Collins, Colorado, USA collection; ex-Timeline Auctions (May 31, 2019); ex-private European collection; formerly in an old European collection formed in the 1980s

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#159300

  • Condition: Bending to upper blade and tip commensurate with striking a hard object in antiquity. Minor chips to surfaces, otherwise intact and very good. Great patina throughout. Tip is still very sharp.

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