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LOT 0300
Large French Medieval Round 'Wild Bull of Cumis' Seal Matrix
EARLY 15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (20.5 grams 32 mm).
A substantial bronze discoid seal matrix with strap and loop to the reverse; central incuse motif of a bull passant gardant with war hammer below, border with pointillé edges and enigmatic Lombardic script legend '·+· S' FERA bOVIS D'CVMIS' (seal of the wild bull of Cumis).
Provenance
The Matrix Collection, formed by David Morris since the late 1980s.
Matrix Collection catalogue no.1111.
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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LOT 0300
Large French Medieval Round 'Wild Bull of Cumis' Seal Matrix
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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