Viking Single-Handed Sword Early 10th-mid 11th century AD A single-handed sword of Petersen Type X with tapering double-edged blade, well-defined shallow fullers, battle nicks to the cutting edges; substantial hilt with short crossguard and tea-cosy pommel. 1.1 kg, 91cm (35 3/4"). 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 archaeological 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; Viollet le Duc, Encyclopedie Médiévale, Tours, 1999; Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002; the sword has good parallels with various Viking age specimens, such as the sword in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris (inv. no. JPO 2253, see Peirce, 2002, pp.118-119) or the one preserved in Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, inv. n. C8727. Footnotes Petersen identified various X types from different localities in Sweden: Jämtland, Gestrikland, Ångermanland, Uppland, Birka, Dalarne, Östergötland and two from Uppland, now in the Uppsala museum. Further to the east other specimens were found in Finland and Russia, likewise in East-Germany, and in Schlesien from Merschwitz by Breslau, with large pommels and typical a lower guards.
Viking Single-Handed Sword Early 10th-mid 11th century AD A single-handed sword of Petersen Type X with tapering double-edged blade, well-defined shallow fullers, battle nicks to the cutting edges; substantial hilt with short crossguard and tea-cosy pommel. 1.1 kg, 91cm (35 3/4"). 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 archaeological 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; Viollet le Duc, Encyclopedie Médiévale, Tours, 1999; Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002; the sword has good parallels with various Viking age specimens, such as the sword in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris (inv. no. JPO 2253, see Peirce, 2002, pp.118-119) or the one preserved in Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, inv. n. C8727. Footnotes Petersen identified various X types from different localities in Sweden: Jämtland, Gestrikland, Ångermanland, Uppland, Birka, Dalarne, Östergötland and two from Uppland, now in the Uppsala museum. Further to the east other specimens were found in Finland and Russia, likewise in East-Germany, and in Schlesien from Merschwitz by Breslau, with large pommels and typical a lower guards.
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