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LOT 3613
England. 'Late Plantagenet' Pb Token. 1425-1490.
London mint. Mitchiner Type La. Expanding cross with convex arms and central dot / Expanding cross with convex arms and central dot. Cf. Mitchiner & Skinner type L, 6-7. Near Very Fine.(1.03gr, 12mm.).
Provenance
Found from Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
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