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LOT 1971
Seal Matrix with Saints
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (205 grams, 74 mm).
A lead-alloy reproduction of a Medieval seal discoid in plan with incuse design of two robed and nimbate figures on a field of scrolled tendrils; left, St. Michael with drawn sword and right, St. Peter with key; incuse reversed Lombardic script legend to the border ' + SIGILLVM CAPITVLI SANCTI PAVLI IN LAVUNT' (chief seal of St Paul in ?).
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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