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