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Description: | Medieval circular seal matrix, made of copper alloy. The matrix is very worn but the impression seems to depict a double headed bird, probably an eagle or possibly a phoenix with heads facing in opposite directions and wings open (known as 'Displayed'), within an elaborate shield shape. The double headed eagle is usually a heraldic symbol. There is no legend visible around the seal. The matrix looks as though it has been cast in two pieces with the conical handle seperate to the surviving matrix part. On the back of the matrix where the handle would probably have fitted, is a circular hole. The matrix proabably dates to the late medieval period. The matrix weighs 3.89g and measures 17mm in diameter and 6mm in thickness. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1400
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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