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LOT 1297
Medieval Buckle Plate with Facing Lion
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 5/8 in. (12.14 grams, 41 mm).
A flat-section copper-alloy buckle plate of rectangular form with rectangular loop, decoratively incised with a stylised lion standing facing; cracked. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s.
English private collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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