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Description: | A complete copper alloy medieval seal matrix. The die is circular in plan and shows the negative image of an abstract merchant's mark, within a beaded border. Around the die (also in negative)is the inscription *S'*HERMEN*FLEICHE*. A beaded border also runs the circumference of the die. The shaft is conical, and is very slightly six sided and terminates in a sub lozenge shaped loop. The die has a diameter of 23.56mm. The over all length of the matrix is 20.2mm and it weighs 15.41g. It is dark green in patina. To the back of the die, someone has deliberately scored a crude X to one edge, though it is impossible to tell when this may have happened. The score marks are worn, suggesting that it happened in the distant past rather than relatively recently. This seal matrix is a personal seal of the 13th century | 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: | 1200
1300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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