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LOT 4187
France. Metz AR Demi-Gros. 1648.
PROTO • ME S • STEPHA •, St Stephen seated to left, coat-of-arms flanking, date in exergue / SIT • NOM • DNINRI • IHV • XPI • BNDICT and SEMIGROSS • MET around central cross with stars in quarters; coat-of-arms above. B 1662. Near Very Fine.(0.89gr, 18mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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