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Description: | Medieval seal matrix; cast lead pointed oval personal seal matrix of probable 13th century date. The seal matrix is a flat, thin, lead plate with deeply incised lettering and design on one face. The central device seems to be a stylised windmill, of the postmill type. There is a cross initial mark and the seal reads 'SIGILL VD WALTERI PATIMA'. The back face of the matrix is undecorated and there is no indication of the usual suspension loop on the back. However, the matrix does come to a small nip at the top, which has been broken off suggesting that it may have originally had a simple suspension loop extending from the top.Length 50.7mm, width 29.3mm, thickness 2.7mm, weight 19.69g
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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