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LOT 1338

Medieval Lead Weight Collection

13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/8 - 2 3/8 in. (774 grams total, 34-62 mm).

Mixed group of heater-shaped lead-alloy weights, two with fleur-de-lys motif. [5, No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.

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LOT 1338

Medieval Lead Weight Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £16

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