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LOT 1665

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Howling Beast Stirrup Apex Mount

11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (22.8 grams, 48 mm).

Heater-shaped in profile with trefoil knop above; high-relief profile wolf with head thrown back and one forepaw raised; ledge to reverse with remains of ferrous studs; Williams's Class A, type 11. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Gloucestershire, UK.

Literature

Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 217, 219, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 1665

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Howling Beast Stirrup Apex Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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