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Description: | A copper alloy, early medieval, stirrup strap mount of Williams' Class A type 11. The mount is triangular in plan with a trefoil shaped upper terminal which contains a circular rivet hole.It has a raised outer border, within which is a rampant lion, facing right with its head thrown back, mouth open and its left foreleg raised. Below this within the outer border are two rivet holes, both retaining their iron rivets, which sit above a narrow backwards protruding ridge. The iron has caused some corrosion and encrusting of the surrounding metal.The reverse of the mount the base is plain and undecorated. Similar to BERK-6F9608. Length 45mm, width 29mm, thickness 7mm, weight 25.64g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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