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LOT 1790
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount and Terminal Group
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 1 3/4 in. (37.7 grams total, 36-46 mm).
Comprising: stirrup mount with lobed finial, Williams Class A, Type 2B, pierced twice at the lower edge; stirrup mount with lobe finial, Williams Class A, Type 6 with vertical frond design; U-section strap fitting with beast-head detailing. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997; Williams, D., Stirrup Terminals, Datasheet 24, Finds Research Group, 1997.
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LOT 1790
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount and Terminal Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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