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LOT 1679
Medieval 'Thames' Bifacial Pewter Wine Tavern Token
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.13 grams, 18 mm).
Obverse with facing bishop wearing mitre and holding a crook, reverse with hatched hexafoil. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
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Medieval and Other Artefact Collection
1st millennium B.C.-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Including crotal bells, thimbles, buckle loops, military button, Colchester-type bow brooch and other items. 416 grams total, 13-71 mm
Found various sites in Essex, UK. Property of an Essex collector. -
Medieval Gilt Bronze Buckle with Plate
13th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising a lipped frame with incised geometric detailing, triangular tongue, rectangular plate with hatched banding to outer edge, three dome-headed rivets securing the folded rear plate. 8.5 grams, 28 mm
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
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Medieval Silver Seal Matrix for John the Evangelist with Roman Eagle Gemstone
13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
The outer band with incuse legend '+ AQUILA IOhANNIS' (Eagle of [Saint] John]), suspension loop above with a leaf terminal to the reverse; set with a 2nd century A.D. Roman carnelian intaglio with a military eagle standing with spread wings, a laurel crown held in its beak, the claws gripping the base, two military standards at its sides; both shafts decorated with alternating phalerae, and lunulae. 3.74 grams, 21 mm
From the Smith family collection, formed in the late 1940s-1980s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no. 12045-217155.
Often the military intaglio gemstones of the ancient Rome were carved with an eagle between two standards. These intaglios could have been inserted in rings that belonged to an officer with the rank of Aquilifer (bearer of the legionary eagle). From the 4th century A.D., the vision of Ezekiel and John's Apocalypse, assigned the lion, the angel, the eagle, and the ox a place in the iconography of the Tetramorph to represent the four evangelists.
