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LOT 1979
Post Medieval Bronze Hunting Badge with Boar's Head
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (22 grams, 70 mm high).
Of slightly curved profile, heater-shaped with waisting and scrolled upper edge; low-relief boar's head motif; holes to upper corners and three fixing studs to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
PublishedBailey, G., Detector Finds 5, Witham, 2002, p.5.
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