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LOT 1477
Viking Bronze Apex Stirrup Mount with Howling Beast
11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (23.88 grams, 49 mm).
Formed with a tongue-shaped body, of Williams's Class A Type 11 with pierced trefoil lug above, ledge to the reverse, two fixing holes, high-relief profile wolf with head thrown back; Anglo-Scandinavian or Viking. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK.
Literature
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, p.59.
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