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LOT 2099
Medieval Lead Vesica-Shaped Personal Seal Matrix
LINCOLNSHIRE, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (11 grams, 31 mm).
Scaphoid in plan with chamfered edges and raised fleur-de-lys motif; underside with central fleur-de-lys and border with legend '+ S' ALANI D'FERIBY' for 'seal of Alan of Ferriby'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lincolnshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market from the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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