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LOT 1813
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (25.2 grams, 50 mm).
Of Williams's Class A type 1, tongue-shaped with addorsed beasts outlined in niello; shallow ledge to the reverse, attachment holes at the apex and base. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Brough, Lincolnshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 14, for type.
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