Georgian Gilt Bronze Seal Matrix Bottom with Bust

18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (4.89 grams, 21 mm).

Oval seal matrix with a domed casing with a small central flower surrounded by radiating lines, set with a milky glass intaglio depicting a Julio-Claudian figure, draped and facing left; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-371880.

CONDITION

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LOT 2565