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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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Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with the Old Testament Trinity
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Opening Bid: £60
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Formed as a low-relief image of Taweret and pierced at the neck. 0.76 grams, 22.6 mm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016.
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