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LOT 0323

Estimate
GBP (£) 800 - 1,000
EUR (€) 930 - 1,160
USD ($) 1,070 - 1,340

VIKING AGE SILVER-GILT MOUNT WITH FIGURE
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (15.2 grams, 32 mm).

Sub-rectangular with lip to the reverse; high-relief facing figure with band of straight hair, omega-shaped brow and pellet eyes, stubby body and arms, splayed legs above two omega-shaped elements forming a rosette; mounting plate absent.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired early 1990s.
From an East Anglian private collection.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 2, Finds Research Group datasheet 33, Sleaford, 2007, item 29, for type.

FOOTNOTES:
The identity of the facing figure is unknown. There is an earlier, probably 9th century, Anglo-Saxon strap end with a facing nude male in low-relief which might be comparable (Thomas, 2007, item 8).

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