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LOT 1277
Medieval Lead Shield-Shaped Weight with Rampant Lion of Simon de Montfort
CIRCA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (117 grams, 49.4 mm).
Thick weight with ropework border and raised escutcheon, reserved lion rampant with fourché tail, rectangular mounting-slot; believed to be the arms of Simon de Montfort, killed at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Literature
Cf. Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, for discussion.
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LOT 1277
Medieval Lead Shield-Shaped Weight with Rampant Lion of Simon de Montfort
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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