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LOT 1915
Medieval Lead Shield-Shaped Trade Weight
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (114 grams, 50 mm).
Heater-shaped with recessed central motif of a tree(?), pellets and foliage. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Graham Slater (1924-2024) collection, Cambridge, UK; his collection assembled since the 1980s.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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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