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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Stirrup Apex Mount with Beasts Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Stirrup Apex Mount with Beasts Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Stirrup Apex Mount with Beasts
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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.

CONDITION
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LOT 1630

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Stirrup Apex Mount with Beasts

Sold for (Inc. bp): £101

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