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Description: | Slightly irregular circular lead seal matrix, 20-21 mm in diameter. The reverse is decorated with an asymmetrical design of curving relief lines, and has an unpierced lug close to one edge. On the front, the central motif is a crescent moon and star. Around is an inscription reading something like * S ICCSEMOW - the second C may alternatively be an E or G, the E is very uncertain, and the M may instead be an H. The letters are not well spaced or sized. No suggestion can be given for what the inscription means, but the initial S presumably stands for Seal of.. and so the seal matrix is probably 13th century.
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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