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Description: | Cast lead blank for a seal matrix. It is circular and 25 mm in diameter, and on the reverse has a relief fleur-de-lis with tightly curled side petals. The stem of the fleur-de-lis rises up in a tall triangle which would presumably have eventually been drilled to provide a pierced lug. The other face is very flat and smooth. Part of the edge is missing, and it looks as if this may have been an original casting flaw. This may have been why the matrix was discarded; it was presumably lost before it could have been put back in the melting pot. Lead seal matrices are usually 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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