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Description: | Recorded from photographs and finder's information. A copper alloy seal matrix with circular face and a hexagonal handle tapering to an indistinct collar with suspension loop missing above. Face is in generally good condition.Device: (Described from impression.) Set within a niche, a seated, crowned Virgin with the Child on her right; below her, in an arched space, a kneeling supplicant, facing right, hands joined in prayer. Empty space in device area occupied by blooms, both within the niche and between the niche walls and the legend. A line separates the device from the legend, with parts of the Virgin's architectural surround and the kneeling figure lying in the legend area. Another line originally ran around the outer edge of the matrix face.Measurements: face 24 mm diameter, extant piece 30 mm high.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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