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LOT 1493
Viking Age Bronze Belt Mount and Strap End Group
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 - 2 1/4 in. (84 grams total, 41-57 mm).
Including an openwork strap end of Thomas's Class E Type 1, a mount with gilt detailing, a mount with segmented surface and niello inlay, a heavy bifacial strap end with zoomorphic motifs. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
See Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 2, Finds Research Group datasheet 33, Sleaford, 2007.
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