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LOT 0370
Medieval Bifacial Gilt Bronze Altar Cross Mount
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (56.2 grams, 48 mm).
Roundel with low-relief enamelled rosette to one face, to the other an applied high-relief figure of an angel with wings spread, nimbus to the head, holding the hem of his robe in his right hand; secondary piercing behind the angel's wing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-EED2A2.
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