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LOT 1917
Post Medieval Gilt Bronze Religious Mount
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.05 grams, 27 mm).
Hexagonal with a central roundel, a standing nimbate saint to the centre surrounded by an inscription 'Faithful unto death' from book of Revelations: 2:8-11; pierced through the angles. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound at Winterbourne, Berkshire, UK, in 1987.
Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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