11th century AD. A bronze D-shaped stirrup mount of Williams's Class B with ferrous studs and ledge to the reverse, high-relief interlaced serpent design with head above the lower edge. See Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997. 37.9 grams, 41mm (1 1/2"). From an old North Country collection; formed between 1970-2000. The mount is not included in Williams's study of Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mounts, which is now more than twenty years old. However, it is evidently an example of Class B, while lacking the bear-mask and openwork features.