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LOT 1821
Medieval Lead 'JOHN SON OF ADAM' Personal Seal Matrix
CIRCA 13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (19.9 grams, 34.5 mm).
Discoid in plan with lug to rear (unpierced); central cross pommy with interstitial bars; legend to the border 'S’ IOhIS: FILI ADE' (seal of John son of Adam). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Kent.
From the later Peter Hooper Pewter and Lead collection, who was a guest lecturer at West Dean College a longtime member of the Pewter Society, who contributed to the Pewter Society Magazine.
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