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LOT 1321
Large Medieval Lead Round Seal Matrix of Hugh
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (22.9 grams, 32 mm).
With central elaborate fleur-de-lys motif, enigmatic Lombardic script legend '+ SIGILL. HVG[O]NIS F. IOHIS. CORP' (Seal of Hugh, son of John Corp). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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