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LOT 1357

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

BRITISH MEDIEVAL KNIGHT'S ENAMELLED GILT-BRONZE MOUNT WITH BLUE HERALDIC LION
CIRCA 1200-1400 A.D.
1 3/4 in. (25.8 grams, 44 mm).

Scallop-shaped with a sub-triangular expansion to the upper edge, the scalloped area bears gules fretty topped by azure quadruped left in the sub-triangular portion; integral spike projects from the centre of the reverse. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Rylstone, North Yorkshire, UK, circa 2018.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-A8F5F0.

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