Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Howling Beast Apex Stirrup Mount

11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (20.9 grams, 51 mm).

Of sub-triangular form, with mounting hole at the apex and two to the lower edge, vestigial ledge to the reverse, reserved central motif of a wolf in profile with head thrown back; Williams's Class A Type 11. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found UK.
Acquired in the 1980s.
Ex property of a Nottinghhamshire, UK, collector.

Literature

Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, fig.39-214.

CONDITION

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