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LOT 1686
Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Sleeping Lion
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.91 grams, 22 mm).
Discoid with central lion rampant, legend to the rim: 'FRANGE LEGE TEGE' MEANING 'break (the seal), read the contents of the letter/document under the seal, conceal (ditto)'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound St Osyth, Essex, UK.
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