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LOT 1740
Medieval Bronze Ecclesiastical Seal Matrix
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY AD
1 in. (12 grams, 27.6 mm).
Chessman type with pierced trefoil finial, motif of nimbate St Mary Magdalene holding aloft her identifying attribute, the pot of salve with which she anointed Christ's feet, surrounding Lombardic script legend '*MARIAM AGDALE (sic)'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme, no.WMID-C5F210, for a close parallel.
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