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LOT 1905
Medieval Silver Penny Brooch
13TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.11 grams, 20 mm).
Nummular brooch with applied pin and lop to the reverse; long-cross type. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Graham Slater (1924-2024) collection, Cambridge, UK; his collection assembled since the 1980s.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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