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Description: | Complete cast lead circular personal seal matrix of Medieval date, probably fourteenth or fifteenth century (AD 1300 ? AD 1500). Diameter 30mm, thickness 3.2mm. Weight 18.34g. The seal is flat and the engraved die has a central inscribed circle, 15mm in diameter, within which is the depiction of a single masted square rigged sailing vessel known as a "cogge". It has standing rigging, fore and aft. An inscription fully encircles this central design. Due to slight corrosion on the front face, it is not possible to read the full inscription and some of the fully visible letters are difficult to interpret. The inscription probably reads: S? HVEGNIS CRUCH? The initial mark at the beginning of the inscription is in the form of a Latin cross. The reverse is flat and plain and there is no suspension loop. | 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
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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