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LOT 1630
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Stirrup Apex Mount with Beasts
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (22.5 grams, 44 mm).
Heater-shaped flanking beasts and beast-head at the apex, narrow ledge to the reverse and rivet to centre. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 55, for the type: Class A, Type 10b.
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LOT 1630
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Stirrup Apex Mount with Beasts
Sold for (Inc. bp): £101
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