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LOT 1545
Viking Bronze Fenris Wolf Strap End
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (8.9 grams, 46 mm).
With trapezoidal split panel, beast-head with domed eyes, openwork wolf-head finial; Thomas's Class G. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureSee Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 1, Finds Research Group datasheet 32, Sleaford, 2007.
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