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Description: | Lead alloy seal matrix, circular disc with a suspension loop projecting from the edge. The central device is of a sword or double-barred cross (perhaps a crusader?). This is surrounded by the legend +SIGILL'GALFRIDI.DE - "the seal of Galfridi (Geoffrey) De". The lettering is crude. The suspension loop projects from the edge, by the cross at the start of the legend. It is rectangular with a circular perforation set at right angles to the disc, and is bent backwards and to the right. The reverse of the object is plain and undecorated. Light grey patina with some orange staining, there is a hariline crack running across the middle of the obverse. Medieval 13th-14th century. Length 35.94mm, width 28.92mm, thickness (including the bent suspension loop) c.8mm, thickness (of the actual disc) 2.74mm, weight 15.68g.
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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