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Viking Single-Handed Sword Early 10th-mid 11th century AD A single-handed sword of Petersen Type X and Oakeshott Type X with tapering blade, shallow fullers and strong cutting edges with battle nicks; substantial hilt with type 1 crossguard, flat tang with tea-cosy pommel. 896 grams, 93.5cm (37"). Fine condition. Provenance Property of a European gentleman living in London; from his grandfather's collection by descent in 1989; formerly in the family collection since at least the 1970s; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr. Raffaele D'Amato Literature See Petersen, J., De Norske Vikingsverd, Oslo, 1919; Oakeshott, R.E., The Archaeology of the weapons, London, 1960; Oakeshott,E., The sword in the Age of the Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1964(1994); Oakeshott, E., Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge, 1991; Oakeshott, E., Sword in hand, London, 2001 (2007). Footnotes The Oakeshott type X was originally a Franco-Germanic type of sword, which was in use from the early tenth century until the first quarter of the thirteenth century. It generally had a wide Brazil-nut-shaped pommel, a rather widespread cross which was nearly always straight (though there are a few curved examples) and a broad blade of the same shape as previous Viking Age swords, with a wide and shallow fuller. This sword was widely used among the late Vikings, Norman and Anglo-Saxons during the wars for the conquest of England and during the First Crusade, in the late 11th century.