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LOT 1688
Medieval Lead Weight Collection
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 21/4 in. (609 grams total, 35-58 mm).
Shield-shaped, discoid and rectangular in broad form, displaying floral, star and other enigmatic motifs. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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