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LOT 0385
Large Medieval Bronze Ecclesiastical Seal Matrix
14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (16.8 grams, 41 mm).
Depicting a female saint at the centre, standing right on a bird, uncertain inscription in right field, enigmatic surrounding legend: 'S : FRIS : ROPOAYM POR : DE NORTOR/E'; suspension loop and rib to reverse; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
Found by eye in Widford Parish in the 1970s, next to the old Salt Way to the Royal Parish of Bampton, Oxfordshire, UK.
Accompanied by a print out about Widford and the church of St. Oswald, Oxon.
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