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Description: | Copper alloy circular seal matrix, plain back with suspension loop intact at top of central raised ridge. Device of a knight on horseback, sword in raised right hand, looking forwards. He appears to be wearing a fully-developed 'great helm' and carrying a tapered 'knightly sword' (hilt indistinct). He wears a long surcoat but his horse is unadorned. There is some sort of cuff indicated on the sword hand, and fingers are visible gripping the sword hilt. The horse appears to be either springing forward or rearing up slightly. The lettering has obliterated the horse's back legs below the knee together with its front legs midway down the foreleg; the tip of the knight's raised sword is also in the lettering area but had been allowed to remain, the point between the "I" and "R" of DESIR. Legend separated from device by a line; a similar line marks the outer edge of the matrix face.
Measurements: 30 mm diameter, 3 mm thick. | 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: | 1240
1300 | 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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