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Description: | A copper alloy, oval seal matrix with waisted hexagonal handle terminating in a triple collar and a quatrifoliar suspension loop with quatrifoliar perforation. Back of face has four dots to mark top. Device: occupying some 80% of the height of the central portion of the matrix, a niche with a v-shaped arch, within which stands a Madonna holding the Child on her left arm, indicating Him with her right; some foliage? occupying the space behind her on her right. The niche is defined by two double lines indicating the sides, a single straight line for the floor, and the arch; otherwise plain. Below the niche another arch, extending into the lettering area and stretching to the edge of the matrix, under which there is the top half of a figure, hands joined in prayer and facing left. The details of the figure are not clear, but he may be tonsured, and a hood hangs down his back.
Measurements: 19 mm x 24 mm; 22 mm high; weight 8.7 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: | 1300
1400 | 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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