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LOT 1598
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Standing Figures
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (15.2 grams, 31 mm).
The oval die bearing a standing female figure next to a tree or shrub, a child(?) standing next to her, surrounding Latin legend 'SIGIL [...]GILE (or possibly SVLE) [...]'; hexagonal stem with collars and trefoil loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Berkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BERK-AEF473.
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Medieval Lead Artefact Group
Circa 12th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Medieval Purse Bar with 'Praise be to God, peace to the living and rest to the dead' and Fragment Group
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
One complete purse bar with linear ornament and swivel hoop; one purse bar arm with attachment lugs and inscription to both faces, part of: 'DEFVNTIS' '[LAVS DEO]'; possibly a version of 'Laus deo pax vivis requies defunctis', or 'Praise be to God, peace to the living and rest to the dead'; a carinated fragment inscribed 'ONOR' (the N retrograde), amidst flowering tendrils, part of the common inscription 'SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA' [Honour and glory be to God only], from 1 Timothy, v.17. 63 grams total, 62-98 mm
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s. Property of a retired academic. -
Medieval Iron Artefact Group
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising small scythes and knife blades of various types. 1.75 kg total, 11-24 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
A variety of 14th and 15th century forms of knives are represented here including several with stepped backs. In the 14th century the blades of the knives became to be longer and thinner and frequently marked.
