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Description: | A copper alloy, vesica-shaped (pointed oval) seal matrix, plain back other than a raised midrib and suspension loop intact at top of same. Device: the bottom 70% of the device area of the matrix is occupied by a shield which has a very small area of blank face around it. On the shield is a beast rampant; it has the body of a heraldic lion, but the head appears to be that of a man wearing a large, floppy hood, hence the creature may be intended for a manticora rampant. Above the shield, in the remaining blank area, a star with six wavy limbs (estoile). The device area is separated from the legend by a neat line; a similar line marks the outer edge of the matrix.
Measurements: 21 mm x 33 mm, weight 6.7 g. | 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
1350 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Irene Szymanski | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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