Unkown Object, a885

[woody50]

Found awhile back but still don't know what it was part of...
Any ideas?

Catalog Number a885-brb-une
Type Unkown object
Datering ?
Material Bronze
Mass gram 13,9
Size (mm) lwh H 24,9; B 22,6 thickness 11,5 -> 4,1
Diameter Ø (mm)
Find Place England

 

[DCMatt]

It is sort of shaped like a horse head.

Possibly part of a bit?

 

[Rookster]

Maybe fence decor.

 

[A2coins]

hmmm

 

[CRUSADER]

Very nice & a very rare type of Saxon/Viking Stirrup Terminal. Never seen this type before, but it's more of the Viking influence than Saxon, hence the stylized Dragon's head. I would call it Anglo-Scandinavian, circa 10th-11th C.
If you have never heard of them, you had 1 Stirrup Mount that fixed the leather to the top of the stirrup & 2 terminals; 1 in each of the bottom corners to hold the triangular shaped stirrup together.

 

[CRUSADER]

Similar to these;
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/911209
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/902948
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/900969

 

[woody50]

Very nice & a very rare type of Saxon/Viking Stirrup Terminal. Never seen this type before, but it's more of the Viking influence than Saxon, hence the stylized Dragon's head. I would call it Anglo-Scandinavian, circa 10th-11th C.
If you have never heard of them, you had 1 Stirrup Mount that fixed the leather to the top of the stirrup & 2 terminals; 1 in each of the bottom corners to hold the triangular shaped stirrup together.

Thanks very much Crusader! Nice to know what it is! Here is a somewhat better photo.