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Description: | An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy seal matrix. The matrix has a hexagonally-facetted conical handle that terminates before the finger-hold in an old break. The die would have originally been circular in shape with a diameter of approximately 17mm. It depicts two heads in profile facing each other; above and facing right with its legs between the profiled heads, is a wading bird. Due to damage the legend is only partial; the decipherable part of which reads [...]DE ANDE[...]. The seal has a grey patination and weighs 4.36g. There are many similar examples on the PAS database that have this generic form, which suggest the date of this example to be circa 1200 AD-circa 1500 AD.
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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