Bidspirit auction | VIKING BRONZE AXE-SHAPED AMULET

VIKING BRONZE AXE-SHAPED AMULET - Ca. AD 700 - 900. A bronze amulet in the form of a crescentic axe with sharply pointed terminals, one terminating in a hooked projection. The blade is pierced at the centre with a circular hole and the shaft rises to a socketed collar.For similar see: The Archaeological Museum in Kraków, Inventory number: MAK/3664.Size: 39.7mm x 47.3mm; Weight: 6.18gProvenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s.