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LOT 2001
Medieval and Later 'Thames' Lead Seal Collection
15TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
13 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (628 grams total, 34.7 x 22.2 cm including box).
A large collection of lead seals with various motifs including scallop-shell, boar's head, crown, rampant lion, and others; some unused. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found on the Thames foreshore in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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