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LOT 0359
Scandinavian Viking Age Silver Inlaid Iron Stirrup
CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/4 in. (172 grams, 13.2 cm).
With inlaid silver ropework bands to the loop and frame. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, grave 735, for type.
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