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LOT 1807
Medieval Bronze Artefact Collection
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 2 3/4 in. (88 grams total including document, 35-68 mm).
Comprising: an apostle finial; a quatrefoil horse harness pendant with lion passant guardant on a square field with fleur-de-lys to each side; a section of an inscribed purse bar reading 'AVE MARIA' to one side and 'IE[S]VMX to the other, two loops above; a section of a purse bar with cross-hatched design. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Three objects with record sheets by Jim Halliday.
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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