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LOT 1251

Sold for (Inc. bp): £176

VIKING AGE BRONZE OPENWORK BEAST MOUNT
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (27 grams, 67 mm).

Formed as an advancing beast with looped tail, its prey between forepaw and chin a bird with curved beak forming a cranked pin; annular eye to the beast and ribbed panel to the bird; discoid stud to the reverse. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Found Winterton, Humberside, UK, in 1981.

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