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Description: | A copper alloy vesica-shaped (pointed oval) seal matrix, back plain other than suspension loop intact at top of raised midrib. Bottom of midrib is off centre, as illustrated; face of matrix bevelled to receive lettering on rim. Device of, at the top of the matrix St Laurence, tonsured and wearing a deacon's dalmatic, holding a book of the Gospels in his right hand and a gridiron in his left. Below him, under a pointed arch (just above the arch's apex is the middle of the matrix face), the upper half of a tonsured monk, facing left. He is looking up towards the saint above him, hands raised in prayer. A neat and regular line separates the devive from the legend; a similar line marks the outer edge of the matrix face.
Measurements: 20 mm x 32 mm, weight 7.4 g.
Inscription: *PRO ME LAVREN[TI] P[I]E TOST[US] ES ID[EM] HOM[O] HAB[I]TI (Latin: *pro me Lavren[ti] p[i]e tost[us] es id[em] hom[o] hab[i]ti = "You, pious Laurence, a man of the cloth, were martyred for me, another man of the cloth" (literally "For me, pious Laurence, | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Szymanski, Irene | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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