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Description: | Medieval ciruclar seal matrix of copper alloy weighing 8.61g. It is complete and covered in a green/black patina. The corrosion obscures some of the detail. The reverse is flat with a slightly raised ridge and an off centre pierced lug. The reverse is similar to object 20 in figure 7, page 37 of Saunders and Saunders (1991). On the obverse only part of the legend can be read; +S'.WALTERI (?DEC(). The central motif appears to consist of a pair of antlers curving around an apparently empty pointed oval central space.It is 3mm thick (excluding the rib), with a diameter of 23mm.
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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