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LOT 1445
Post Medieval Roudel with George Slaying the Dragon
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (7.42 grams, 34 mm).
A copper-alloy roundel displaying Saint George on horseback slaying the dragon, the sun's rays beating down upon them; in relief. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired circa 2010.
From an old Essex, UK, collection.
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