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LOT 1626
Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Bifacial Wine Tavern Token
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.11 grams, 18 mm).
With a hatched double-headed eagle to one face and barred capital letter 'A' to the other; pierced in two places, perhaps for use as a button [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
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