Unable to reinstall Mac OS x lion 10.7

Hi after a clean  installation i was prompted to Connect to App Store to continue with OS X lion
but on the store the product was not found and Now i am blocked with no chance to finish the installation
i have no rescue disk neither backup
tks

Did you look in your Purchases listings in the App Store? Exactly which model do you have?

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