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Viking Age Iron Stirrup Pair with Horse Bit
Viking Age Iron Stirrup Pair with Horse Bit
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Description
9th-11th century A.D. Comprising: two hand-forged iron stirrups each with a reinforcing strap beneath the footplate, slotted suspension plate; snaffle-bit with hooked outer ends each with a twisted-rod ring and a curved transverse bar with dentilled lower edge. Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.33(2), for type. 821 grams total, 19.5-20 cm (7 3/4 - 7 7/8 in.).

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

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Viking Age Iron Stirrup Pair with Horse Bit

Estimate £200 - £300
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