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LOT 1395
Medieval and Later Artefact Group
CIRCA 15TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 6 1/2 in. (510 grams total, 0.6-16.5 cm).
Mixed group including lead-alloy spindlewhorls, bag-seals, musket balls, iron knife-blades and other items. [38, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Northampton, UK, collector.
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Medieval 'Thames' Bifacial Pewter Wine Tavern Token
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Recto with running stag and arrow piercing the neck; verso with heater shield, hatched chevrons design. 0.72 grams, 16 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector. -
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Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix for John Monk of Hoxne
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With central 'Virgin and Child' motif, linear border and legend '+ S' IOH'IS. DE. HO+ON MOCHI' (seal of John of Hoxne, monk); tapering shank, bulb and trefoil loop above. 16.4 grams, 30 mm
Found Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
The place name may refer to Hoton, Leicestershire or more likely Hoxne, Suffolk. -
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Large Medieval Bronze Oval-Shaped Seal Matrix with 'Saint John, Pray for Me'
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Chessman seal with tapering shank and trefoil loop above, image of a robed and bearded saint holding a disc with a kneeling figure praying at his feet, all within an ornate arch with crocketting and 'MARIA' legend below, pelletted border; legend 'SCA IOH'ES ORA. PRO. ME' (Saint John, Pray for me). 22.4 grams, 30 mm
Found Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
