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MEDIEVAL SILVER ROUND SEAL MATRIX WITH SLEEPING LION
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (6.8 grams, 21 mm).
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (6.8 grams, 21 mm).
Discoid plaque with strap and loop to the reverse; central motif of flowers and a sleeping lion within a pelletted border; legend: '* S' BRIEN . MACTAYG . YBRIEYN'.
PROVENANCE:
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
FOOTNOTES:
An interesting example of an Irish personal name.
