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LOT 1421
Medieval Iron Rowel Spur Collection
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
5 - 7 5/8 in. (330 grams total, 12.7-19.5 cm).
Including examples of various sizes and retaining the rowel and buckle elements. [5]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Read, B., Identifying detector finds. A catalogue of Metal Detecting finds from the United Kingdom, Coggeshall, 2021, pp.54-55, figs.317-318, for similar rowel spurs.
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Medieval Iron Rowel Spur Collection
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising examples of various types, including some retaining the rowel. 217 grams total, 11.5-14.8 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
The deep curve of the shoulders, the lack of protrusion above the base of the rowel holder, the short rowel holder and the small diameter rowel are characteristics that point to dating some of this specimens in the 13th century. Kirpichnikov puts these spurs in type V (first half of the 13th-14th century) after a spur depicted on an English tombstone dating to the beginning of the 14th century.
