STUNNING VIKING IRON HELMET. Ca. AD 800 - 1000 . An iron helmet with a sharply raised medial ridge running over a hemispherical skull. The basal edge plain and pierced with a row of small circular perforations. Size: 230mm x 160mm; Weight: 740g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired in Austria in the early 2000s; formerly in 1990s Austrian collection of Peter Ing Till. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.