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LOT 1673
Medieval Iron Spur with Rowel
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (50 grams, 14.5 cm).
With curving flat-section with looped finials, six-pointed rowel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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