ANTIQUE RUSSIAN ARROWHEAD

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval Pre 1492: item #771793
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This is a Russian arrowhead as found in Eastern Russia. It is a flesh cutting arrow used before armor was developed. Warriors were protected by thick leather or chain mail only. It is identical in form to example #811-P in Arms & Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350, by David Nicolle That and dates to 11th-13th century making these over 800 years old!. It is 6” total length and in condition as shown. m87

ANTIQUE RUSSIAN ARROWHEAD

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval Pre 1492: item #771788
m81

This is a Russian arrowhead as found in the Russian Steppes and Southern Urals. It is a flesh cutting arrow used before armor was developed. Warriors were protected by thick leather or chain mail only. It is identical in form to example #705-O in Arms & Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350, by David Nicolle and dates to 10th-11th century making these over 1000 years old!. It is 4 1/4" total length and in condition as shown. m81

ANTIQUE ANCIENT 1200 YEAR OLD VIKING KNIFE

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval Pre AD 1000: item #771786
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This is a Viking knife found in York England which comprised over half of England and was conquered by and inhabited by Vikings from 866-1067 AD. It is small, 3.95”(100.4mm) including the tang, but could easily slit a throat. It is accompanied by a Swedish language report showing a similar example. An important distinguishing feature of these early knives is that they were made without guards or pommels. For that reason, the base of the blade (where it meets the tang) is forged to a tapered tran... Click for details

ANTIQUE ANCIENT 1200 YEAR OLD VIKING KNIFE

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval Pre AD 1000: item #771773
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This is a Viking knife found in York England which comprised over half of England and was conquered by and inhabited by Vikings from 866-1067 AD. It is small, 3.88”(98.7mm) including the tang, but could easily slit a throat. It is accompanied by a Swedish language report showing a similar example. An important distinguishing feature of these early knives is that they were made without guards or pommels. For that reason, the base of the blade (where it meets the tang) is forged to a tapered trans... Click for details

Ancient Scythian Bronze Ibex Plaque

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval Pre AD 1000: item #771603
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A superb bronze Scythian open work plaque depicting a ibex, nice detail.

51mm length

Dating to circa 5th-4th century BC.

RARE ANTIQUE VIKING BEAD ANCIENT ARTIFACT

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval Pre AD 1000: item #770755
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After the Viking invasion of England in 866AD they lived more or less peacefully, occupying about half of what today is England. Among the artifacts from that time are beads which often are found along side metal objects and weapons discovered by metal detectors. For auction is a Viking mandrel wound blue bead. It is around 8.1 mm ( 1/3 inch) diameter. These are hand wound over a wire or mandrel and each has its own form as a result. The mandrel is coated with a release material, perhaps c... Click for details

10,000 YEAR OLD ANTIQUE ENGLISH FLINT KNIFE DROW HILL

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval Pre AD 1000: item #770751
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This is an English flaked flint weapon and tool of the Paleolithic period C.10,000-5000 BC. It came from Kent England and was part of a life time collection formed in the late 1800’s, which came to auction at Christies in London about 30 years ago. It is just over 1 1/2" across and has an applied collection number. A sharp cutting edge is rare in nature and early man discovered that flaking a flint shard produced a very fine one-so fine that they were later used for brain surgery. Thus it became... Click for details

1200 YEAR OLD ANTIQUE EUROPEAN WEDDING RING JEWELRY

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval Pre AD 1000: item #770742
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This is one of my favorite items because I can so easily identify with it. It is a European wedding band of the Dark Ages, about 800 AD. (We have a collection of wedding rings spanning over 2000 years!) It is a simple kind made for a peasant. It bronze, ring size 5, with a round center section suggestive of a stone mount. The wedding band had much the same function then as it does now. It separates the married from the available and the act of putting it on solidifies the bond. This one su... Click for details

GENUINE ANCIENT VIKING GOLD BEAD ANTIQUE ARTIFACT

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval Pre 1492: item #770737
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It's been said that Vikings would do anything for beads, but there's something they liked even more-gold. And, what they liked best were gold beads! For auction is a handmade Viking gold bead from York England, dating 866 to 1067 A.D. It is hand hammered over a square mandrel and thus, has a square hole. While very skillfully made, it is hammer finished and not sanded or polished so that no gold be wasted. This bead is 3.2 mm (under 3/16”) diameter. It is as bright as the day it was made,... Click for details

ANTIQUE ANCIENT 1300 YEAR OLD VIKING BEAD ENGLAND

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval Pre AD 1000: item #770732
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The Vikings traveled throughout Europe including the British Isles and gained from the technology of all the cultures which they encountered. They were very involved in grooming personal appearance and adornment and used beads extensively. Viking finds in may areas show large numbers of beads compared to other artifacts. This is a Viking bead dating to about 900 AD. This is a rare deep yellow example, 8.8 mm diameter (over ¼”). Yellow is often encountered, but opaque yellow is very rare. C... Click for details