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LOT 1384

Viking Gilt Bronze Stirrup Mount with Stylised Dragons

10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

1 5/8 in. (17.7 grams, 42 mm).

Together with a palmette outline to one face, opposed beasts within the ornament; punched pellet texturing and pierced in several places for attachment. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex property of a German collector.

CONDITION

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LOT 1384

Viking Gilt Bronze Stirrup Mount with Stylised Dragons

Sold for (Inc. bp): £215

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