9th century AD. A hand-forged iron spearhead of Petersen's Type K with tapering lentoid-section blade, rounded tip, stepped shoulders, narrow socket. See Martens, I. Indigenous and Imported Viking Age Weapons in Norway - a Problem with European Implications, in Journal of Nordic Archaeological Science 14, pp. 125–137 (2004"). 506 grams, 53cm (21"). From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the 1960s.