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Description: | A copper alloy vesica-shaped (pointed oval) seal matrix, back plain other than suspension loop intact at top of raised midrib. Bottom of midrib is off centre, as illustrated; face of matrix bevelled to receive lettering on rim. Device of, at the top of the matrix St Laurence, tonsured and wearing a deacon's dalmatic, holding a book of the Gospels in his right hand and a gridiron in his left. Below him, under a pointed arch (just above the arch's apex is the middle of the matrix face), the upper half of a tonsured monk, facing left. He is looking up towards the saint above him, hands raised in prayer. A neat and regular line separates the devive from the legend; a similar line marks the outer edge of the matrix face.
Measurements: 20 mm x 32 mm, weight 7.4 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: | 1250
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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