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Description: | A copper alloy oval seal matrix with hexagonal handle tapering to a circular suspension loop with circular perforation. Two circular dots on reverse indicate top. Complex device: at the bottom of the seal a sleeping lion, head to the right, forelegs hidden under head, which is almost resting on the back right leg. Tail threaded between legs then re-emerges over the animal's right side, in the manner of a heraldic lion couchant. Above the lion, and starting at the approximate centre of the seal rise two pinnate leaves forming a Y shape; in the cup of the Y a man's head in profile, facing left. He is clean-shaven, with chin-length, slightly wavy hair, parted in the middle and pushed back from the temples. A plain neckline is visible. In the space between each leaf and the lion is a large, cone-like fruit or flower. The legend begins a little before 1 o'clock, as though the conventional opening cross had been overwritten by the end of the legend due to a lack of space. Device separated from legend by a neat dotted line; a similar line marks the outer edge of the matrix face. Measurements: 19.4 mm x 24 mm, 21 mm high; weight 11 g.
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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