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Description: | A copper alloy circular seal matrix, handle hexagonal in cross-section, with ridge below a trefoliar suspension loop (intact) at top. Face in good condition; six-limbed star scratched into handle marking the top of the matrix. Suspension loop has circular drilled perforation. Device: probably intended as a castle viewed "in profile", with the gatehouse, topped by a pitched roof, on the left. On the wall facing the viewer, a coat of arms (on a fess between two chevrons, a martlet); above, three towers, each with a cruciform arrow-slit. Each tower is topped with crenellations, which continue across the top of the gatehouse roof. In front of the gatehouse, the forequarters of a horned bull, looking directly at the viewer; at the bottom of the scene, flowing water. Remaining spaces occupied by stylized branches; the whole in a circular beaded border.
Measurements: 27 mm diameter, handle 37 mm high. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Szymanski, Irene | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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