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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.
Provenance
Found Suffolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Literature
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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