Details
LOT 3565
Anglo-Saxon Lead Weight. 9th-12th century AD.
Wheel / Blank. Condition as seen.(11.64gr, 19mm.).
Provenance
Found Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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