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LOT 1411
Estimate
GBP (£) 100 - 140
EUR (€) 120 - 160
USD ($) 130 - 190
ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN VIKING BRONZE APEX STIRRUP MOUNT
11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (22.39 grams, 47 mm).
11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (22.39 grams, 47 mm).
With pentagonal body bearing zoomorphic designs, pierced close to the apex for attachment to a stirrup-strap, with two holes close to the lower edge and ledge to the reverse; Williams's Class A Type 16.
PROVENANCE:
Found Hampshire, UK.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 361, for type.
FOOTNOTES:
This mount is not typical of the Class but the trilobe 'topknot' at the apex is clearly based on the design of Type 16 with a facing animal-head.
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