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LOT 1881
Medieval 'Thames' Decorated Spangle Group
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (1.51 grams total, 12-17 mm).
Including rosette, advancing beast and other types; pierced for attachment. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Published
Exhibited at the Capital Gains Exhibition in the Museum of London, circa 1970s, opened by Michael Wood.
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