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LOT 2215
Late Medieval Silver Cross on Hanger
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY AD.
3 1/8 in. (25.20 grams, 79.92 mm).
Comprising a loop and a lozengiform plate with five raised studs; a hinge, and attached cross with expanding columnar arms, saltire to the central cube.
Provenance
Ex Cambridgeshire gentleman's collection, 1990s.
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