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LOT 1902
Medieval Gilt Bronze Mount with Lion
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.9 grams, 26 mm).
With an openwork rectangular plaque and trefoil finial, raised lion stattant regardant to the plaque. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
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