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LOT 1780
Medieval Iron Horse Shoe Group
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 - 5 1/2 in. (8.35 kg total, 11-14 cm).
Comprising shoes of various sizes, types and dates and including examples retaining nails. [28]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Literature
Cf. similar specimen in PAS, SUR-AFOF85, in Leahy, K. and Lewis, M., Finds Identified II, London, 2020, p.284.
Footnotes
Late medieval and Renaissance horseshoes had an angular inner profile. These horse shoes were broadly C-shaped and rectangular in section.
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