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LOT 1371
Medieval Lead Seal Matrix
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (15.9 grams, 31 mm).
A vesica-shaped lead seal matrix with fleur-de-lys and pellets to the reverse, central cinquefoil to the obverse and surrounding legend "+ S'MARIONGER[.]" (Seal of Marion Ger...). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Suffolk, UK.
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