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LOT 0282
English Medieval Silver Chessman Type Seal Matrix
EARLY 15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (12.7 grams, 27 mm).
A silver chessman-type seal matrix with pierced trefoil finial; incuse motif of Christ crucified facing flanked by two supporters in profile; Lombardic script legend to the edge " *IESVSNAZERNVS" (Jesus the Nazarene).
Provenance
The Matrix Collection, formed by David Morris since the late 1980s.
Matrix Collection catalogue no.1101.
Many of the seals within the collection were published in a book titled 'The Matrix Collection', by David Morris in 2012.
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