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LOT 1421
Post Medieval Ecclesiastical Pendant
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.31 grams, 26 mm high).
A bronze bifacial disc pendant comprising: obverse: tonsured and nimbate head and upper body with hands raised in prayer towards a Corpus Christi, legend 'CAR. BOV'; reverse: nimbate head and upper body of a robed and bearded cleric with cross moline, legend '·S·IO·GVALB ·INS·OR·VA·VNBRO·'; pierced suspension lug. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Rodings, Essex, UK.
Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
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