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LOT 1345
Late Medieval to Stuart Buckle Group
15TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 2 1/8 in. (327 grams total, 16-54 mm).
A mixed group of bronze buckles and buckle-frames, plaques and other fittings. [59, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Suffolk.
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