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LOT 1781
Medieval Lead Trade Weight Collection
CIRCA 12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 2 5/8 in. (1.74 kg total, 16-67 mm).
Including heater-shaped, conical, pyramidal and other types. [17, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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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