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Description: | A complete copper-alloy seal matrix of 'chess pawn' type. Measuring 26.8mm in height with a die diameter of 16mm. The suspension loop is lozenge shaped with a central circular perforation. The shaft is pentagonal in cross-section. The die has a circumferencial boarder groove a central capital 'I' which is crowned and has foliage to either side of it. This seal matrix is a personal seal matrix and the use of a single crowned initial is common on 15th century medieval signet finger rings. It is therefore most likely to be late 14th or 15th centuy 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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