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LOT 1779
Medieval 'Thames' Lead Bifacial Seal Matrix for William
CIRCA 13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.4 grams, 24.8 mm).
Discoid in plan with central floret to each face and legend to the border; Side A: '* + S'VILL DE VVE[..]' (seal of William of WE[..]); Side B: '+ [S]' [.]VIAN[.]NVR[.]LL'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames, UK.
From the later Peter Hooper Pewter and Lead collection, who was a guest lecturer at West Dean College and was a longtime member of the Pewter Society who contributed to the Pewter Society Magazine.
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