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LOT 1951
Medieval Bronze Bar with Black Letter Inscription
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (5.99 grams, 14.7 cm).
Flat-section rectangular strip section with two incised words (one partial), separated by a floral motif, the French word 'amour' (love) repeated twice suggesting that this may have formed part of a love token. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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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