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LOT 1805
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Fleur-de-Lys
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (2.44 grams, 13 mm).
Discoid with loop to the reverse, the matrix with a fleur-de-lys flanked by two birds. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector.
From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000.
Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman.
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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