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LOT 2100
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount
CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (22.7 grams, 63 mm).
Williams's Class A Type 8, triangular in profile with high-relief zoomorphic detailing to the obverse, hatched panels and beast-head knops to the lower edge, two piercings, deep ledge to reverse; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, fig.32 (131).
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LOT 2100
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £50
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Opening Bid: £100
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