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LOT 1370
Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Pilgrim's Badge
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (2.42 grams, 57 mm).
Flat rectangular strip with reserved partial text on a hatched field within a reserved border: 'vora ma[...]'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
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