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9 October 2017

Portrait medal of Mary Tudor reverse (1554), Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo. Morton & Eden, £258,750

Portrait medal of Mary Tudor reverse (1554), Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo. Morton & Eden, £258,750

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