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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy seal matrix of 'chess pawn type.' Measuring 19mm in height with a circular die measuring 18mm in diameter. There is an oval shaped suspension loop and the shaft of this seal matrix is pentagonal in cross-section. The die has a U-shaped fragment missing from its edge due to an old break, which appears to have happened whilst the inscription was being created as the boarder inscription next to the break has not been done. In the centre of the die there is a design depicting St John the Baptists' head in a bowl. The inscription reads S' CAPVT IO ( )H meaning 'seal of Johns' head.' This seal matrix is medieval and c14th century in date. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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