Viking Bronze Apex Stirrup Mount with Cross

11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (20.4 grams, 47 mm).

Of Williams's Class A Type 14 formed as a trapezoidal plaque with three D-section radiating arms, pierced at the centre and above the lower edge; old collector's numbers to the reverse '90.110.2' and '15888'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found UK.
Ex UK collection; formed between 1970s-1990s.

Literature

Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 352, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 1427