Viking Bronze Zoomorphic Strap End

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (8.7 grams, 49 mm).

D-shaped in section with pierced lug to one end supported in the mouth of a beast, pierced flat panel below and second beast-head with open mouth; possibly a belt fitting or part of a horse-harness. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near Grimsby, Humberside, UK, circa 2010.

Literature

Cf. Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 1, Finds Research Group datasheet 32, Sleaford, 2007, item 21.

CONDITION

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