Hunnish Epoch & Migration period weapons

1454MA
Hunnish Epoch iron sword/dagger
IV-V century
Migration period, Eastern Europe

Blade with parallel edges, ending in a spatulate tip. Flat grip with rectangular in cross-section and symmetrical cutouts at the junction with the blade. Wooden fragment near the grip is preserved by the corrosion products, supporting A.V. Simonenko’s hypothesis on grip construction.
Intact. Length 12.2" (31 cm).

For archaeological analogies see academical publications:
- Ishtvanovich E, Kulchar V, Hunns, Goths and Sarmatians between Volga and Danube, 2009, fig. 1.
- Soupault V. A propos de l’origine et de la diffusion des poignards et épées à encoches (IVe–VIIe s.) // MAIET 1996, vol. V, p. 60-76
- A.V. Simonenko, PhD. Sarmatskiye vsadniki Severnogo Prichernomorya, 2015, p. 63 fig.18
- Bona I. Les Huns. La grand empire barbare d’Europe IV-V siecles, 2002, fig 119.

$ 300

1279
IRON SPEAR-HEAD
VII-IX century
Khazarian Khaganate

Conical socket with wide base, with one nail still preserved inside. Long narrow blade of rhomb section. Evidence of ancient secondary heating, most likely from cremation burial. Intact, surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 13.3" (33.7 cm).

See: Herzog R., Koller A. Die Alamannen. Stuttgart, 1997, p. 408; Yevglevsky A.V. The European Steppes in the Middle Ages. V.2.Khazarian Times. Donetsk, 2001, p.126, fig.50 #12; Daim F. History and archaeology of Avars / MAHET, vol. IX, 2002, p.341, tbl.1, #2.

$ 350

1280
IRON SPEAR-HEAD
VII-IX century

Conical split socket with wide base. Narrow long blade of rhomb section. Corroded, intact, surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 9.3" (23.5 cm).

See: Yevglevsky A.V. The European Steppes in the Middle Ages. V.2.Khazarian Times. Donetsk, 2001, p.83, fig.27 #10; Daim F. History and archaeology of Avars / MAHET, vol. IX, 2002, p.341, tbl.1, #2; Krim, Severo-Vostochnoye Prichernomor'ye i Zakavkaz'ye v epohu srednevekov'ya.Archeologia, Moscow, 2003, tbl.99 #3.

$ 250

1283
IRON SPEAR-HEAD
IX century
Khazarian Khaganate

Conical split socket with reinforced ring, with hole for a nail. Narrow long blade of rhomb section. Intact, surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 9.6" (24.5 cm).

See: Archeologia. Krim, Severo-Vostochnoye Prichernomor'ye i Zakavkaz'ye v epohu srednevekov'ya, Moscow, 2003, tbl.89 #48.

$ 250

1285
IRON SPEAR-HEAD
VII-IX century
South-Eastern Europe

Conical split socket with hole for a nail. Narrow long blade with short shoulders, elongated (nearly flat) rhomb section. Part of the wooden shaft is preserved by the corrosion products inside. Small fragment at the base missing, otherwise intact, surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 12.8" (32.5 cm).

See: Archeologia. Krim, Severo-Vostochnoye Prichernomor'ye i Zakavkaz'ye v epohu srednevekov'ya, Moscow, 2003, tbl.77 #15.

$ 300

1282
IRON SPEAR-HEAD
VII-IX century
South-Eastern Europe

Conical socket with reinforced ring. Narrow long blade of elongated (nearly flat) rhomb section. Intact, surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 11.2" (28.4 cm).

$ 250

1281
IRON SPEAR-HEAD
XII-XIV century

Conical split socket with wide base, overlapped, with one hole for a nail. Narrow long blade with square section. Fragment at the base missing, otherwise intact. Surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 9.8" (25 cm).

See: W. Swietoslawski. Arms and Armor of the nomads of the Great Steppe in the times of the Mongol expansion. Lodz, 1999, p.125 #1,2,3.Thunmark-Nylen L. Die Vikingerzeit Gotlands II, Stockholm, 1998, tafel 240 #12.

$ 250

1286
VIKING AGE IRON SPEAR-HEAD
IX-XI century

Narrow conical split socket. Long blade with short shoulders, forming an obtuse angle, lenticular in section. Part of the grain of the wooden shaft is preserved by the corrosion products inside. Fragment at the base missing, otherwise intact. Surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 10.4" (26.3 cm).

See: Thunmark-Nylen L. Die Vikingerzeit Gotlands II, Stockholm, 1998, tafel 304, 248-2,3 242-5, 234-2

$ 275

1302
IRON MACE- HEAD
XII-XIV century

Oblate sphere, with rhomboidal protuberances along largest circumference. Intact, surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
D. 2.2" (5.6 cm), H. 1.4" (3.6 cm).

See: W. Swietoslawski.Arms and Armor of the nomads of the Great Steppe in the times of the Mongol expansion. Lodz, 1999, p.128.

$ 550

393
IRON AXE-HEAD
VIII-IX century
Khazarian Khaganate

Axe head with with elliptical socket reinforced by upper and lower protuberances from each side. Long, flaring, rectangular in cross-section butt. The blade broadens out asymmetrically towards convex cutting edge. Segment cut out from lower side of blade. Intact.
L. 7.1" (18 cm).

See: Pletnyova S.A. Ocherki hazarskoy arheologii. Moscow, 1999, fig. 13; Pryhodnyuk O.M. Stepove naselennya Ukraini ta shidni slov'yani. Kiiv, 2001, p. 237, fig.98; Vita Antiqua, vol.2, Kiiv, 1999, p.143.

$ 300

1303
IRON AXE-HEAD
VIII-IX century
Khazarian Khaganate

Axe head with with elliptical socket reinforced by upper and lower protuberances from each side. Long, flaring, rectangular in cross-section butt with globular termination. The blade broadens out asymmetrically towards convex cutting edge. Segment cut out from lower side of blade. Intact.
L. 7.6" (19.4 cm).

See: Pletnyova S.A. Ocherki hazarskoy arheologii. Moscow, 1999, fig. 13; Pryhodnyuk O.M. Stepove naselennya Ukraini ta shidni slov'yani. Kiiv, 2001, p. 237, fig.98; Vita Antiqua, vol.2, Kiiv, 1999, p.143.

$ 350

1299
IRON AXE-HEAD
VIII-X century
South-Eastern Europe

Axe head with with elliptical socket reinforced by upper and lower protuberances from each side, heavy butt with rectangular cross-section. The blade broadens out asymmetrically towards the slightly convex cutting edge. Intact, surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 6.7" (17 cm).

See: Aechaeologicheskiy almanakh, vol.1, 1993, Donetsk, p. 55, fig. 66; Pletnyova S.A. Ocherki hazarskoy arheologii. Moscow, 1999, fig. 93.

$ 350

1298
IRON PICK-AXE HEAD
XV century
South-Eastern Europe

Axe head with elliptical socket has faceted sides decorated by a diamond in the middle of each side, long tapered pick with diamond cross-section; long cylindrical butt, terminated by a notched dome. Intact, surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 7" (17.8 cm).
See: Aechaeologicheskiy almanakh, vol.1, 1993, Donetsk, p. 60, fig. 76.

$ 1500

1310
INCENDIARY CERAMIC BOMB
X-XIII century

Ceramic vessel for hurling incendiary mixtures. Cone-shaped body, hollow inside, with small cylindrical opening through the top along the axis of symmetry. Body decorated with in incised lines and clusters of circles.
H. 4.6" (11.6 cm).

See: W. Swietoslawski.Arms and Armor of the nomads of the Great Steppe in the times of the Mongol expansion. Lodz, 1999, p.75; S.V.Kiselev, N.Ya. Merpert, Zhelezniye ichugunnye izdelia iz Kara-Koruma, Drevnemongol'skie goroda, Moskva,1965, pp.191-192 i 262;

$ 850