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LOT 2317
Large Medieval Lead Seal Matrix for The Community of the Brothers of St. Thomas’s Hospital
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (12.22 grams, 39 mm).
Vesica-shaped with median band flanked by crosses potent and legend 'COMENAL' and to the border 'S’ FRATRVM OSPITAL’ SCI’ TOME', supplied with an impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
It seems this is the seal of the community of the Brothers of St. Thomas’s Hospital. There was more than one medieval hospital dedicated to St. Thomas Becket in the Middle Ages, e.g. the Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr (Swale), and that of the same name in Eastbridge, Canterbury.
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LOT 2317
Large Medieval Lead Seal Matrix for The Community of the Brothers of St. Thomas’s Hospital
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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