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Description: | Lead alloy 13th century non-heraldic, personal seal matrix. This seal matrix is circular in plan with a diameter of 27.52mm, a thickness of 3.74mm and weighs 11.90g. It has received some damage, so that it is now missing portions from both sides of its circumference. On the reverse it has a solid, globular lug, 8.6mm wide and 7.62mm high, which was held when the seal was being applied. Beneath this, in the centre of the reverse, is an integrally moulded raised dot, which is 4.5mm wide. The seal die (in negative) has an inscription within a border. Unfortunately the object is too worn to take a clear impression and to read the inscription. It is just possible to see S' and what may be ROB otherwise the inscription is illegible. The centre of the die has a worn design of an eight petalled flower. Worn edges suggest that the seal was damaged in antiquity. The lead is light grey in colour. Similar seal matrices can be seen in Harvey and McGuinness 1996, A Guide to British Medieval Seals, page 85, figure 77.
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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