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