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LOT 2122
'Thames' Tudor Bronze Dress Pin Collection
16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 2 1/2 in. (10.2 grams total, 35-63 mm).
Mostly with hatching to the globular head. [16, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found on the Thames foreshore, UK.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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