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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy seal matrix of medieval circa 14th century date. Only the circular die and a fragment of the shaft of this matrix now survives the rest is missing due to an old break. It would originally have been 'chess piece' in form, with a faceted shaft terminating in a suspension loop. It measures c14mm in surviving height, and has a die diameter of c21mm. The shaft and upper face of the die has a hexagonal cross-section and the upper face of the die has six grooves radiating from the central shaft. Next to one of these grooves there are two smaller transverse grooves with a short vertical groove through their centre. The dies has a border legend which reads, S'*CLAES*KIEKEN* each word is seperated by a star. The legend means 'Seal of Claes Kieken.' It has been examined by James Robinson from the British Museum who believes that this individual is most likely to be a merchant from Southern Germnay or the Netherlands. In the centre of the die is a knotted motif with a cross projecting from its centre, this is likely to be the merchants mark/motif. | 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: | 1300
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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