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Description: | Cast copper-alloy personal seal matrix. Circular, with conical handle and trefoil suspension loop with three transverse ridges below; the central one of which is more prominent than those either side. The central motif is shield within a six-arched tressure, with a large arch on each side and a smaller connecting arch at each of the angles. At the centre of the shield is an 'X' with inward-pointing extensions at the end of each arm, a cross above, and a six-pointed star below. The arches have a lightly beaded internal border and each of the large arches has two slightly curving motifs which may represent foliage? The legend reads, ' S'JOAN /ASSI/BORN. Beaded outer border. The handle is divided into six segments with six longitudinal grooves with circular terminals close to the loop and a slight median ridge and extension; giving the effect of a six-petalled flower on the underside of the seal. A very robust and well-made example.
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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