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Late 13th century, a bronze seal matrix of pointed oval (vessica) shape, measuring 33mm x 20mm, reads, s’reginaldi de gynes , pelican in piety feeding its young in a nest; together with a heraldic eagle belt mount [2]. Both fine £80-£100
Found in Winchester, the family name Gynes was first recorded in England in Wiltshire
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