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LOT 0359
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Bear's Heads
11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (31.8 grams, 53 mm).
Teardrop-shaped and slightly domed with loop at the apex (absent) and two radiating lugs at the lower corners; low-relief design of a dense interlaced panel with beast-head at the apex; ledge to reverse with ferrous remains of stud.
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 180, for type.
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LOT 0359
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Bear's Heads
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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