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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount
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LOT 1753

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (26.3 grams, 47 mm).

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

Provenance

Found East Anglia, 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 217, 219, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 1753

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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