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Description: | Fragment of copper alloy bearing a stamp, possibly from a patera handle. The object is flat, circa 3mm thick and contains the end two letters of a stamp, reading ']VG'. The edge above the inscription could be original since it is straight and rounded, however all of the other edges are well patinated ancient breaks. The stamp itself fades out to the left before the break suggesting that the stamp was not properly executed. The break therefore does not cause any of the stamp to be lost, rather it is a manufacturing fault. Stamped patera handles are not common finds. There is one other stamped patera handle from Lincolnshire, which is published in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology 1980, vol 15, p84. This was found at Lincoln before 1896 and is inscribed MLN[FEC]; and SC.ASDC. Another patera stamped with MLNFEC is in Louth Museum, however it is not certain whether this was a Lincolnshire find. | 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: | 43
150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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