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LOT 1595
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Stirrup Apex Mount
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (21 grams, 47 mm).
Pentagonal mount with central hole, vestigial ledge to the reverse, low-relief addorsed dragon-head motif; apex lobe absent; Williams's Class A Type 1. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Wiltshire, UK, 2010.
Literature
Cf.Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, items 10, and 386, for type.
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