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LOT 1877
Medieval Lead Spindle Whorl Collection
12TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 1/4 in. (1.3 kg total, 23-32 mm).
Mainly biconvex in profile with raised pellet and other detailing; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. [34, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix Pair
14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
One with incuse squirrel motif; the other with a bird of prey seizing a smaller bird, accompanied by the legend 'ALAS IE SV PRIS' for 'Alas, I am caught'. 15.4 grams total, 21 mm each
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968. -
Medieval Bronze Knight's Holy Sepulchre Badge
13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border, short pin to verso. 0.56 grams, 16 mm
Found Suffolk, UK.
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD. -
Medieval Lead Papal Bulla Seal of Pope Alexander IV
1254-1261 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
The obverse depicting the busts of St Peter and St Paul each within an inverted pear shaped compartment defined by pellets; cross pattee supported on a staff between the busts and at the top of the bulla in the centre the letters 'SPASPE', abbreviations for St Paul and St Peter; reverse inscribed over three lines 'ALE/XANDER/PP.IIII', with an omega above the letters 'PP'; both obverse and reverse faces with a pelleted perimeter. 31.1 grams, 30 mm
Private collection, UK.
The 'PP' abbreviation stands for 'pastor pastorum', translated as 'shepherd of the shepherds'. The bulla was so named because it was attached to Papal documents or 'Bullae'. They were sent from the offices of the Pope in Rome and the seal signified that the document was issued with the Pope's authority. Alexander's pontificate was signalled by efforts to reunite the Eastern Orthodox churches with the Catholic Church, by the establishment of the Inquisition in France, by favours shown to the mendicant orders, and by an attempt to organize a crusade against the Mongols after the second Mongol raid against Poland in 1259.
