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LOT 2171
Medieval Lead Vesica-Shaped Personal Seal Matrix of a Wife
YORKSHIRE, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (24 grams, 47 mm).
Scaphoid in plan with loop to one end; central motif of a fish with lateral fins; border with legend '+ S’AVICIE VXOR’ IOH’ ME' [seal of Avice (a common Anglo-Norman female name) wife of John the …..]. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Yorkshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market from the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2171
Medieval Lead Vesica-Shaped Personal Seal Matrix of a Wife
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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