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LOT 1309
Medieval Innocent III Lead Papal Bulla
1198-1216 A.D.
1 5/8 in. (53 grams, 41 mm).
Obverse with faces of the saints Peter and Paul within a border of raised pellets, above the heads 'SPA' for St. Paul to the left and 'SPE' for St. Peter to the right; reverse with 'INNO//CENTIVS//.PP .III.' also within a border of raised pellets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
'PP' stands for pastor pastorum or 'shepherd of the shepherds'.
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