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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Howling Beast Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Howling Beast Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Howling Beast
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LOT 1701

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Howling Beast

11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (27 grams, 48 mm).

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

Provenance

Found Norfolk, 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 217, 219, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 1701

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Howling Beast

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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