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LOT 1792

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount with Beast Heads

11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (25 grams, 46 mm).

Triangular mount of Williams's Class A Type 8, with bear-head finial and acanthus-leaf chevron, vestigial rear ledge, three piercings, two with iron rivets in situ. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Norfolk, UK.

Literature

Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 131.

CONDITION

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LOT 1792

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount with Beast Heads

Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

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