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Description: | Lead seal matrix, flat and circular (31 mm diameter). At the top is a pierced lug turned through 90 degrees (like a horse-harness pendant suspension loop). The 'reverse' bears traces of the marking-out of a different design, with a central fleur-de-lis and surrounding (unreadable) lettering. The 'obverse' has a central 8-petalled flower with the inscription + S' AdAM: CIT: X (Seal of Adam Cit X). It is possible that Cit X is an abbreviation of Citeaux, the site of a famous monastery in France, the mother house of the Cistercian order. It is unusual to find a seal matrix with lettering on both faces.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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