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LOT 1430
Viking Bronze Apex Stirrup Mount with Beast Heads
11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (29.5 grams, 57 mm).
Of Class A, Type 8, with low-relief zoomorphic detailing to the plaque, three holes for attachment, shallow ledge to the reverse; Anglo-Scandinavian. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Humberside, UK.
Literature
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, items 130, 133.
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