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LOT 2133
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.55 grams, 24 mm).
Discoid in plan with pelletted border, facing bust holding a rectangular casket in both hands; perhaps Saint Pantaleon. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.
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