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LOT 1386
Medieval Iron Flail Head
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (277 grams, 50 mm).
Biconvex in profile with loop and ring, segmented surface. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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