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LOT 1251
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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