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Medieval Bronze Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix of Thomas Le Deve Medieval Bronze Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix of Thomas Le Deve Medieval Bronze Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix of Thomas Le Deve
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LOT 0402

Medieval Bronze Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix of Thomas Le Deve

CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (9.07 grams, 33 mm).

With loop to the reverse, lion passant and Lombardic script legend between pelletted bands: '+ S' THOME[L]EDEVE /:' (seal of Thomas Le Deve').

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.

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LOT 0402

Medieval Bronze Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix of Thomas Le Deve

Sold for (Inc. bp): £442

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