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Description: | Lead vesica shaped seal matrix. The seal has an incomplete loop at one end on the reverse, and is decorated with a moulded fleur-de-lis. The face of the seal matrix is decorated with a deep-cut fleur in the centre, and a smaller, more decorative flower stem and head just before the initial mark of the text. The legend surrounding reads: S'GILBERTI.HALTAN, translated as 'Seal of Gilbert of Halton. The letter 'N' is reversed. The seal was found in the parish of Halton Holegate.
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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