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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Howling Beast Stirrup Apex Mount Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Howling Beast Stirrup Apex Mount Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Howling Beast Stirrup Apex Mount
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LOT 1669

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Howling Beast Stirrup Apex Mount

11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/8 in. (20.5 grams, 55 mm).

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 Norfolk, UK.

Literature

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

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LOT 1669

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Howling Beast Stirrup Apex Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

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