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LOT 1935
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Bird
ENGLAND, 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (7.58 grams, 20 mm).
Discoid in plan with faceted shank and pierced lug finial; central image of a bird advancing left with one wing raised above the back; legend to the border: '*PRIVE SV' ('I am private'); supplied wih an impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Ravensden, Bedfordshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BH-D78F26.
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