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Description: | Medieval circular lead seal matrix, 13th century in date. This is a personal seal matrix with a central motif. The reverse has a circular attachment loop at the end of a raised central ridge. The central motif is of radial type, a four-petalled flower with rounded petals, with trefoils at the end of stems in between the petals.The inscription is set between two very shallow and thin ridged borders, and reads + S' MARG' FIL' hVGO (Seal of Margaret daughter of Hugh). The abbreviation marks after S and after MARG are formed from trefoils on oblique stems, but the abbreviation mark after FIL is the normal apostrophe type. 27.1mm in diameter, 13.6g in weight.
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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