‡ A RARE FRANKISH WINGED SPEAR 8TH/11TH CENTURY ‡ A RARE FRANKISH WINGED SPEAR 8…

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‡ A RARE FRANKISH WINGED SPEAR 8TH/11TH CENTURY

‡ A RARE FRANKISH WINGED SPEAR 8TH/11TH CENTURY with leaf-shaped double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, the central portion showing pattern welding in places, tapering socket deeply engraved with a pair of characteristic linear panels on the front, back and each side, the latter with a pair of short wings at the base, each with curved lower edge, and later short wooden haft (the edges and wings with small chips), 51.0 cm head Provenance William Borland See Seitz 1965, p. 116, abb. 68.

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‡ A RARE FRANKISH WINGED SPEAR 8TH/11TH CENTURY

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