Medieval 'Thames' Castle Secular Badge with Key Below Draw Bridge

14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (3.6 grams, 25 mm).

A copper-alloy secular badge in the form of a turreted castle, with drawbridge below crenelated gateway, detailing to the windows and stonework; two attachment loops to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

CONDITION

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