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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Stirrup Apex Mount Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Stirrup Apex Mount Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Stirrup Apex Mount
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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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LOT 1595

Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Stirrup Apex Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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