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David Huggins



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PostPosted: Tue 06 Oct, 2009 1:30 am    Post subject: Er..a 'Viking helm from the Battle of Stamford Bridge'         Reply with quote
From the Times newspaper yesterday http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6861130.ece , shame that there is no proven contextual provenance.

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Myles Mulkey




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PostPosted: Tue 06 Oct, 2009 5:12 am    Post subject: Re: Er..a 'Viking helm from the Battle of Stamford Bridge'         Reply with quote
David Huggins wrote:
From the Times newspaper yesterday http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6861130.ece, shame that there is no proven contextual provenance.

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Dave

The link doesn't work. I think it's the comma after .ece

this should work :

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6861130.ece

Anyway, I'd love to think that this came from the site of the battle and that it was even worn by the very Viking who held the bridge, BUT, I think it's just as likely to be a Viking age spangenhelm from elsewhere that was labeled as coming from Stamford Bridge to attract a buyer. It's a shame indeed... Sad
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