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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy conical seal matrix of Medieval date. The face of the seal is circular in plan with the rear tapering upwards in a shallow cone to form a circular-sectioned handle. The upper part of the handle is broken at the point where the loop for attachment, probably tri-lobed, would have been. The face of the seal carries a coat of arms. The arms consist of a square-topped shield set within a tressure. The shield has a tripartite division with the initials W and B in the top two corners of the shield and a crescent with star above in the bottom half of the shield.This seal matrix is dated to the thirteenth to fourteenth centuries, c.1200-1400.
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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