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LOT 1369
Medieval and Later Lead Weight Collection
12TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 7/8 in. (330 grams total, 25-48 mm).
Mixed group of discoid lead-alloy weights with high-relief geometric detailing to one face. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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