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LOT 1408
Viking Bronze Strap End with Beast Facing Back
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (16 grams, 52 mm).
Tongue-shaped with pelletted border enclosing an openwork mesh of tendrils and advancing beast with head reversed; flat attachment panel with ferrous remains of two rivets.
Provenance
Found whilst searching with a metal detector on 10th February 2019 in Brigstock, East Northamptonshire, UK, by Scott Marshman.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BH-56D411.
Published
British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BH-56D411.
Literature
See Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 2, Finds Research Group datasheet 33, Sleaford, 2007.
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