Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Mount on Leather Strap Section. 6th-7th century A.D. Modelled in the half-round, profile figure with drinking horn, attached to a fragment of leather strap. Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LXXXII, for similar examples. 2.84 grams, 34 mm (1 1/4 in.).

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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