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LOT 1961
Medieval Gilt Bronze Buckle Plate with Lion
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.46 grams, 24 mm).
Rectangular gilt bronze body with a low-relief lion passant regardant, a pair of attachment loop on a side. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Graham Slater (1924-2024) collection, Cambridge, UK; his collection assembled since the 1980s.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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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