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Description: | Late medieval - early post medieval copper alloy seal matrix, incomplete, 15th or 16th century. Circular flat sectioned seal matrix, very worn. Device of the initial I (crossed) with a six-pointed star above, a ?palm leaf to the right (in impression) and an elongated pointed oval-shaped ?leaf to the left. No inscription around. There is a rectangular "scar" across the diameter of the reverse (perpendicular to the 'I'), where a handle or strip had been soldered on - possibly the hoop of a finger ring? Diameter 14.28mm, thickness 2.66mm, weight 1.45g.
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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