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LOT 1481
Civil War Period Iron Cannon Ball Collection
17TH CENTURY A.D.
3 - 3 3/8 in. (7.14 kg total, 76-87 mm).
Group of three rough-cast cannonballs for a saker-type cannon, each approximately five pounds in weight and three inches diameter. [3]
ProvenanceFound Southwell, Nottinghamshire, circa 1975.
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